CIEL offers one ad-honorem fellowship each year, the Louis B. Sohn Fellowship in Human Rights and Environment, for public interest lawyers that have had significant on the ground experience working on human rights issues. The LBS Fellowship will cover the cost of attending a strategic meeting on human rights and the environment.
Past Louis B. Sohn Fellowship Recipients include:
- 2012 – 2013: Katja Bratrschovsky (Austria)
- 2011: Angelica Zamora (Colombia)
- 2010: Anu Lohani (Nepal)
- 2009: Ana Paula Parente (Brazil)
- 2008: Victoria Ochanda (Kenya)
- 2007: Linda Dumba (Namibia)
- 2006 – 2007: Windu Kisworo (Indonesia)
- 2004 – 2005: Adebukola Osuntogun (Nigeria)
Louis B. Sohn Fellowship Application Information
About Louis B. Sohn
The Sohn Fellowship is named after Louis B. Sohn, the renowned international law teacher, scholar, practitioner, and governmental advisor. Professor Sohn has been a giant in the fields of both international human rights law and international environmental law, and he was a firm believer in the inter-connection of all branches of international law. Professor Sohn, who taught at the law schools at Harvard University, the University of Georgia, and George Washington University, was the first recipient of CIEL’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Development of International Environmental Law.