|
 Ms.
Katharina Kummer Peiry (click here to
open Ms. Kummer Peiry's CV) heads the Secretariat of
the Basel Convention since September 2007. A specialist in
international environmental law and policy, she has worked
on issues related to the Basel Convention since 1988, when
she joined the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi
to assist in the negotiation process of the Convention. 2008
thus marked her personal 20th anniversary with the Basel
Convention.
Serving in the International Affairs Division of the Swiss
Agency of Environment, and subsequently as Head of Section
on Environmental Affairs in the Swiss Federal Department
of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1999, Katharina Kummer Peiry
participated in various environmental negotiation processes
and chaired negotiating groups on legal and institutional
issues. In 2000, she founded a consulting firm specializing
in international environmental policy and law, with which
she worked until 2007. From 1999 to 2007, she also taught
international environmental law at the Master level at the
University of Berne (Switzerland).
Katharina Kummer Peiry holds a PhD in International Law
from the University of London (United Kingdom) and a Master
of Law from the University of Zurich (Switzerland), as well
as a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mediation from the
University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). She has authored, and
contributed to, numerous academic publications on international
environmental law, international chemicals and waste management
and other environmental issues. 1995 saw the publication of
her book International
Management of Hazardous Wastes: The Basel Convention and Related
Legal Rules. It is still considered by many as the
standard work on the Basel Convention. |
