Professor Elisa Morgera, from the University of Strathclyde, is the only independent expert appointed to the international body to be based in Scotland.and human rights after being confirmed in the post by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, from a pool of more than 50 candidates.
“I look forward to working with the United Nations and its member states, human rights holders and experts to enhance our opportunities to learn from one another in co-developing effective, fair and inclusive solutions to the greatest challenge of our times.” She is also a member of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and Environment and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.It aims to bring together researchers, coastal people, decision-makers, civil society, and international organisations and “support learning from different knowledge systems on the inter-dependence of human rights and a healthy ocean, including at the ocean-climate nexus”.