Philippine Sutz

Senior researcher (legal tools team); Natural Resources

Full biography

Expertise

Analysis and research of domestic, international and transnational legal frameworks; capacity building; advisory work on the role of law and justice in sustainable development with a focus on natural resources investments and land rights.

Before IIED

Consultant at the Law & Development Partnership (London);
Co-Counsel for civil parties (victims) before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC);
Associate at Linklaters LLP.

Education:

Master of Laws LLM, Kings College London, Law degrees (Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, Universita degli studi, Florence).

Current work

Researching large-scale land acquisitions and agribusiness investments; practitioner lesson sharing on legal tools for citizen empowerment in relation to land and natural resource investments; innovative tools for securing land rights in Africa and Asia.