César Rodríguez-Garavito is Professor of Clinical Law and Chair of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law. He is the founding director of the Earth Rights Research & Action (TERRA) Clinic, the More-Than-Human Rights (MOTH) Program, the Climate Law Accelerator, and the Future of Rights and Governance (FORGE) Program at NYU Law. Professor Rodríguez-Garavito is a field lawyer and an Earth rights and human rights scholar whose work focuses on climate change, international environmental law, Indigenous peoples’ rights and more-than-human rights.

Melina De Bona is an attorney at the Earth Rights Research and Action (TERRA) Program at NYU Law and is an Adjunct Professor at the TERRA Clinic. Her work centers on the right to a healthy environment, the nexus between human rights and climate change, and legal personhood for the more-than-human world. She holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Chicago (student marshall). Prior to joining TERRA, she worked in international arbitration, white-collar crime investigations, and sustainability.

Dr. David R. Boyd is a lawyer, former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment (2018-2024), and a professor of law, policy, and sustainability at the University of British Columbia. He is also a father, a nature lover, the Barnacleman triathlon world record holder, a Canadian age-group ultramarathon champion and a four-time Ironman. His ten books include The Rights of Nature (ECW Press, 2017), The Optimistic Environmentalist (ECW Press, 2015), The Right to a Healthy Environment (UBC Press, 2012) and The Environmental Rights Revolution (UBC Press, 2011).

Emma Crowe is a research scholar at the NYU Earth Rights Research & Action (TERRA) Program, where she works on issues related to rights of nature and biodiversity, technology and the environment, and rights-based climate litigation. Emma holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law (cum laude) and a B.A. in Philosophy and English from Amherst College (magna cum laude).

Manon Hofströssler is an LL.M. Candidate in International Legal Studies at New York University (NYU), where she currently serves as a Research Assistant for the R2HE Project. Before joining NYU, Manon completed her first law degree at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Brussels (Belgium) in 2024, with a focus on public law. During her time at the VUB, she actively participated in several research initiatives, exploring the intersection of human rights and environmental law, deepening her expertise in these critical areas of legal study.