Anna Russell

Louwes Fellow

Anna Russell is the Louwes Fellow at the University of Oxford, where she also teaches an international law course at the Centre for the Environment. She has a DPhil in law from the University of Oxford, a JD from the University of Ottawa, and a BScE(Hons) in environmental engineering from Queen’s University, Canada. She is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Barrister and Solicitor). Over the last decade and a half, Anna has worked on environmental and development projects in Bolivia, Peru, South Africa, Germany, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. She has undertaken legal consultancy work for various international organizations, government departments and NGOs. With a particular focus on development issues, her main areas of interest are international environmental law and international human rights law. Current research projects include an empirical investigation into the integration of human rights into development cooperation, as well as an edited book on the human right to water. At present, Anna is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law Faculty (Human Rights Programme).