Alexandra R. Harrington
Executive Director
Dr Alexandra R. Harrington is Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Pollution Law Specialist Group (formerly the Agreement on Plastic Pollution Task Force) and a Visiting Scholar at the McGill University Faculty of Law. She is a legal delegate for the IUCN at the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, where she also advises and represents several West African countries, as well as for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, SAICM and the Global Framework on Chemicals, Minamata Convention on Mercury, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution, and various UNEP consultations relating to all forms of pollution. Dr Harrington is one of 25 Appointed Experts for the UNEP/WHO Expert Group on updating the State of the Science Report on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) and an Appointed Member of International Academy of Astronautics Study Group to Investigate a Transdisciplinary Approach to Protect the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference.
She has held two Fulbright terms in Canada at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, focusing on global governance issues, including the 2018 - 2019 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Global Governance. She is the Director of Studies for the International Law Association of Colombia and sits on the editorial boards of multiple academic publications.
Dr Harrington is the author several books, including International Organizations and the Law (1st edition 2018, 2nd edition 2023), International Law and Global Governance: Treaty Regimes and Sustainable Development Goals Interpretation, Just Transitions and the Future of Law and Regulation, and The Future of Peace: Incorporation of Intergenerational Equity and Justice in Peace Treaties and Reconciliation Agreements. She routinely advises international organizations and governments on legal issues relating to pollution, environmental law, treaty negotiations, international law, international human rights law, global governance issues and trade law. She holds a Doctorate of Civil Law (McGill University Faculty of Law), in addition to a JD, LL.M. and BA degrees in Politics and History.
