Publications & contributions

Human Rights in the Life Cycle of Renewable Energy and Critical Minerals

Contribution to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change

United Nations

RAID · Afrewatch · Centre d'Aide Juridico-Judiciaire (CAJJ)

Contribution on the human and environmental impacts of cobalt and copper extraction in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the context of the energy transition. The contribution documents toxic water pollution, exploitation of workers, and harm suffered by communities living near industrial mines. This submission contributed to the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Elisa Morgera.

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• UN Report A/80/188

Human rights-based approach in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Joint contribution to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN OHCHR · Report A/HRC/61/36

AAPDI · OPEH · AJEDI-Ka

Contribution on integrating a human rights-based approach into the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, feeding into the analytical study by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The contribution specifically analyses the Congolese experience (Republic of Congo). The final report (A/HRC/61/36) was presented at the 61st session of the Human Rights Council.

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Observations on the Draft Policy Paper of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on crimes against the environment

Contribution to public consultation, second round

Office of the Prosecutor · ICC

Ayméric-Olivier Adjaklo · Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson · Mamadou Fofana · Yvan Lionel Youmssi Eya · under the supervision of Profs. Catherine Maia and Luc Mutoy Mubiala (AAPDI)

Contribution submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the second round of consultation on crimes against the environment under the Rome Statute. The Office's policy, "Policy on Addressing Environmental Damage Through the Rome Statute," was published in December 2025.

• AAPDI announcement
• ICC policy 12/2025

Consultation on environmental crimes under the Rome Statute

Contribution to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, first round

Office of the Prosecutor · ICC

Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson · J'aurai Mupepe Ngalonga · Mamadou Fofana · Oumar Kourouma · Yvan Lionnel Youmssi Eya · under the supervision of Profs. Catherine Maia and Luc Mutoy Mubiala (AAPDI)

Contribution devoted to defining environmental criminality, qualifying serious harm to the environment as international crimes, and the modes of liability applicable before the ICC. The text notably analyses the possibility of holding individuals acting on behalf of a legal entity criminally liable before the International Criminal Court.

• AAPDI announcement

How is the criminal liability of foreign natural and legal persons evolving under French universal jurisdiction?

Article

Éditions Législatives

Drusilla Bret-Cunynghame-Robertson · Emmanuel Daoud · Justine Vinet

Article devoted to universal jurisdiction under Article 689-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure and its conditions of application to international crimes committed outside French territory. The article addresses the issues raised by the prosecution in France of crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed abroad.

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The criminal and civil liability of companies for violations of human rights abroad

Master's research dissertation in French-Swiss comparative law

Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas

under the supervision of Prof. Didier Rebut (Paris II Panthéon-Assas) · with the support of Prof. Bertrand Perrin (University of Fribourg)

Comparative study of mechanisms for holding companies civilly and criminally liable for human rights violations committed abroad, under French and Swiss law. The dissertation also examines the international sources of these regimes and European perspectives on a duty of vigilance.