Dr. Virginie Rouas is a Researcher in Business and Human Rights and EU Environmental Law at the T.M.C. Asser Institute and a Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Dr. Rouas holds a PhD in Law from SOAS and an LLM in Environmental Law from the University of Strasbourg in France. Her principal areas of expertise include access to justice, business and human rights, global environmental law, and EU law and policy.
Dr. Rouas has previously worked for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Global Witness, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and Frank Bold, among others. Prior to joining the T.M.C. Asser Institute, she worked as a Legal Advisor at Milieu, a Brussels-based legal consultancy, where she managed and carried out research and legal compliance projects for the EU institutions on environmental, fundamental rights, justice, and financial markets issues. She has also taught international human rights law and international environmental law at SOAS.
Dr. Rouas is a member of the Business and Human Rights Practitioners’ Network, the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association, and the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. She is also an Editorial Board member of the Law, Environment and Development Journal.
