rights. Katherine is from Canada and has lived and worked in Singapore, India, the UK,
France, and the US.
Christiane Bossé, Contributing Author
Christiane Bossé (LL.L. (Ottawa), LL.M. International Human Rights Law (Lund)) is
working as a Women’s Rights Advisor with VSO Cameroon, managing projects aimed at
developing capacity to realize the rights of rural women and girls in North West Cameroon.
Prior to working with VSO Cameroon, Christiane worked in various areas of international
law. She has previously worked with the CISDL as a research assistant analyzing topics
related to international law, justice and sustainable development. Christiane has also worked
as a research assistant for the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law (2011-2012) and as a legal intern for Amnesty International Canada
(2009-2010), the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (2008) and the Supreme
Court of Rwanda (2008).
Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Contributing Author
Christopher Campbell-Duruflé has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 2010. He holds
a B.C.L./LL.B from McGill University, Canada (2009) and an LL.M. summa cum laude from
the University of Notre Dame, USA (diploma to be issued in 2014). He clerked for the Chief
Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal, the Honourable J.J. Michel Robert, was legal intern
at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, and is
currently a fellow at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Benoît Mayer, Contributing Author
Mr. Benoit Mayer, Master of Laws (McGill), M.A. political sciences (Sciences Po), is a PhD
candidate at the National University of Singapore and the coordinator of the environmental
migration program at the Center for International Sustainable Development Law. He has
published a dozen articles and book chapters on climate migration, human rights and
international law, including in the European Journal of International Law, the Asian Journal
of International Law and the Asia and Pacific Migration Journal. He received the 2010
CISDL-IDLO Award of Excellence in Legal Scholarship on Sustainable Development.
Karine Péloffy, Contributing Author
Karine Péloffy holds an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the
University of Oxford and a BCL/LLB from McGill’s Faculty of Law. She previously
practiced commercial litigation in Montreal at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg and acted as
a community rights lawyer for forest communities and civil society organizations in the
Congo Basin countries of Africa. Passionate about communicating progressive legal
initiatives to broader audiences, Karine independently produced a documentary about the
legal and financial implications of climate change for energy-related investments, campaigned
with the Eradicating Ecocide Global Initiative in London, and even attempted stand up
comedy. She has published and presented articles on climate change litigation in the United
States and Canada. Karine has also lived, traveled and volunteered with a great variety of
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