RIA DAS

Ria Das is a human rights lawyer and early career researcher based in India. Her work areas are anti corruption, human rights, illegal detention, juvenile justice, and environmental crimes. She is also IUCN’s Early Career Environmental Law Specialist Group co- lead for ‘Networks and Partnerships’. 

She is presently serving as a youth advisor to prestigious international organisations including UN's Youth Advisor on Environmental and Climate Justice in the Asia-Pacific region; Jane Goodall Institute India, and National Rapporteur for Sabin Centre on Climate Change Litigation Columbia Law School, New York.

Her research interest and published work in leading peer-reviewed journals, including  including Oxford University, Berkeley university, University of Southampton, and European Union that forms a coherent body reflecting the thematic issues including access to climate justice, youth rights, climate litigation and environmental crimes.