Dr Ricardo Pereira
Senior Lecturer in Law
- pereirar1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 4644
- 0.08, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Dr. Ricardo Pereira joined the Cardiff Law & Politics School in October 2015 as Senior Lecturer in Law. At Cardiff he is the LL.M. in International Commercial Law Route Convenor, Module Leader of the International Energy Law LL.M. module and also teaches in the LL.B. programme in Company Law and European Union Law.
Prior to joining Cardiff he held the positions of Senior Lecturer in Law and Sustainability at the University of Westminster, Business School (2013-2015); and Lecturer in Environmental and Energy Law at Imperial College London, Centre for Environmental Policy (2009-2012). In addition, he convened the LL.M. modules on International Natural Resources Law and International Law of the Sea at Queen Mary, University of London (2010-2014); and was Visiting Lecturer in International Environmental Law at University College London in 2012.
He holds a Ph.D. in Law obtained from the University of Essex in 2009; an LL.M. in Public International Law from City University, London; and an LL.M. in International Business Law from Queen Mary, University of London.
His research interests lie primarily in public international law, environmental and energy law, European criminal law, international economic law, the law of the sea and human rights law. His lastest book is 'Environmental Criminal Liability and Enforcement in European and International Law', published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers/Brill in September 2015. The book is cited in the latest United Nations Environment Programme's comprehensive study on environmental crime globally. He is currently co-writing a book on natural resources law (Routledge) and co-editing a book on EU criminal justice (Edward Elgar), both due to be published in 2019.
He jointly obtained a £12,000 grant from the Centre for Law and Society for a series of workshops on transnational criminal justice in 2017-2018 co-organised with the Centre of Crime, Law and Justice and led a one-day workshop on EU criminal justice in June 2017. In September 2016 he gave evidence before the National Assembly for Wales, External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee, on 'Brexit and WTO law', as part of the Committee's broader consultation on 'Leaving the European Union: Implications for Wales (International Law and Trade)'.
He acted as a consultant in a number of internationally-funded research projects, including for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in a global study on Integrated Spatial Planning, Biodiversity and Climate Change (2014-2015).
Professional memberships
- IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (Member) (from 2016 - )
- Socio-Legal Studies Association (Member) (from 2016 - )
- European Criminal Law Academic Network (Member) (from 2016 - )
- UACES (Member) (2016- )
- Spanish Association of International Law & International Relations (AEPDIRI) (Member of scientific committe) (2015)
- The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) (from 2014 - )
- Society of Legal Scholars (Member) (from 2012 - )
- Brazilian Bar Associaton (Member) (from 2002 - )
- UK Environmental Law Association (2006-2009)
- International Law Association (British Branch) (2004-2006)
Speaking engagements
Conferences & workshops
2018
- 'The Nexus between Energy Security and Climate Security' - July, IUCN AEL annual conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (with Quintavalla)
- 'The Nexus between Energy Security and Climate Security' - June, ICON-S annual conference, University of Hong Kong (with Quintavalla)
- 'Brexit and the Future of EU-UK energy and climate change cooperation' - May, University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy, Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG)
2017
- 'Towards an international crime of ecocide?' - November, Staff-PGR Student Seminar series (joinly organised with the CCLJ), Cardiff University, Law & Politics School
- 'Public Participartion and the Environmental Rule of Law in Brazil' - September, OAS/UNEP 2nd conference on the environmental rule of law in the Americas, Santiago, Chile
- 'An International Crime of Ecocide?' - May-June, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Reseach Workshop & 15th Annual Colloquium, Cebu, The Phillipines
2016
- 'Tax Avoidance by Multinational Corporations and Natural Resources Sovereignty' - September, 17th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
- 'Maritime Boundary Disputes in the East China Sea and Arctic' - June, ICON-S annual conference on 'Borders, Otherness, and Public Law', Humboldt University, Berlin
2015
- Comments on draft EU level policy recommendations - October
EFFACE workshop: Enhancing the EU's effort to combat environmental crime - the path ahead, Queen Mary, University of London - On the Implementation of the EU Environmental Crime Directive - The Example of Illegal Waste Disposal and Shipment Offences - September
Effectiveness of Environmental Law, Aux Marseille Universite - Developing the Principles of International Law for Interstate Cooperation and Settlement of Disputes over Shared Natural Resources - July
Public Law in an Uncertain World, New York University (NYU) - The EU Implementation of International Environmental Agreements - June
The External Application of EU Law, AEPDIRI, Vigo, Spain - Chair and moderator of the ‘UK, Europe and the Challenges of Global Trade’ panel session - April
‘The United Kingdom and The European Union: Challenges And Prospects for a Lasting Union’, Conference organized by the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and Konrad Adenaer Stifung - The Governance of Shared Natural Resources under International Law - February
Rule of Law, Governance and Natural Resources,, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (workshop jointly organised with the University of Warwick).
2014
- Access to Justice before International and Regional Courts by Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Extractive Industry Projects - September
Environmental and Planning Law Aspects of Large Scale Projects, European Environmental Law Forum conference - Towards a Right to Clean Energy under International Law? - June
Energy for a Fair Society in a Safe Planet, IUCN Annual Environmental Law Colloquium, Tarragona, Spain - 'Environmental Crime in the High Seas' - June
Rethinking the Boundaries of Public Law and Public Space, University of Florence, Florence, Italy - The Future of the Principle of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources - June
Theory and International Law, British Institute for International and Comparative Law - Contested Spaces between States: international law and shared natural resources - June
Borders in the 21st Century, University of Lancaster, Law School, UK
2017
- Pereira, R. 2017. Towards effective implementation of the EU environmental crime directive? The case of illegal waste management and trafficking offences. Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 26(2), pp. 147 -162. (10.1111/reel.12207)
2016
- Nield, K. and Pereira, R. 2016. Financial crimes in the European carbon markets. In: Weishaar, S. E. ed. Research Handbook on Emissions Trading. Research Handbooks in Climate Law London: Edward Elgar
- Pereira, R. 2016. Pollution from seabed activities. In: Attard, D. ed. IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law: Volume III. Oxford University Press
2015
- Pereira, R. 2015. Government-sponsored population policies and indigenous peoples: challenges for international human rights law. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 2015(4), article number: 4. (10.1177/016934411503300405)
- Pereira, R. 2015. The external dimensions of the EU legislative initiatives to combat environmental crime. Spanish Yearbook of International Law 19(1), pp. 251-268. (10.17103/sybil.19.17)
- Pereira, R. 2015. Environmental criminal liability and enforcement in European and international law. Brill.
2014
- Pereira, R. 2014. The Cartagena Protocol on the transboundary movement of living modified organisms: the regulation of trade in transgenic organisms under international and European environmental law. In: Benedict, M. ed. Transgenic insects: techniques and applications. CABI Biotechnology Series CABI
2013
- Ngaraze, S., Makuch, K. E. and Pereira, R. 2013. The case for regulating nanotechnologies: international, European and national perspectives. Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 22(2), pp. 131-145. (10.1111/reel.12029)
- Pereira, R. and Gough, O. 2013. Permanent sovereignty over natural resources in the 21st century: natural resource governance and the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples under international law. Melbourne Journal of International Law 14(2), pp. 451-495.
2012
- Pereira, R. 2012. The regionalization of criminal law: the example of European criminal law. In: Van den Herik, L. and Stahn, C. eds. The diversification and fragmentation of international criminal law., Vol. 1. Leiden Studies on the Frontiers of International Law Brill
- Pereira, R. 2012. The exploration and exploitation of energy resources in international law. In: Makuch, K. and Pereira, R. eds. Environmental and energy law. Wiley-Blackwell
- Pereira, R. 2012. Compliance and enforcement in international, European and national environmental law. In: Makuch, K. and Pereira, R. eds. Environmental and energy law. Wiley-Blackwell
- Pereira, R. 2012. Environmental regulation, business competitiveness and corporate responsibility. In: Makuch, K. and Pereira, R. eds. Environmental and energy law. Wiley-Blackwell
- Pereira, R. and Jourdain, C. 2012. International and EU climate change law. In: Makuch, K. and Pereira, R. eds. Environmental and energy law. Wiley-Blackwell
- Wright, H. and Pereira, R. 2012. A legal framework for clean technology transfer and finance. In: Makuch, K. and Pereira, R. eds. Environmental and energy law. Wiley-Blackwell
- Makuch, K.et al. 2012. UK climate change law and policy. In: Makuch, K. and Pereira, R. eds. Environmental and Energy Law. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 172-192.
- Makuch, K. and Pereira, R. eds. 2012. Environmental and energy law. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Pereira, R. 2012. The legal basis for harmonisation of environmental criminal law in the EU: past and future challenges. In: Andenas, M. and Andersen, C. B. eds. Theory and practice of harmonisation. Elgar
2011
- Nield, K. and Pereira, R. 2011. Fraud on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: effects, vulnerabilities and regulatory reform. European Energy & Environmental Law Review 20(6), pp. 255-289.
2009
- Pereira, R. 2009. The right to reproductive self-determination of indigenous peoples under human rights law. In: Berking, S. and Zolkos, M. eds. Between life and death: governing populations in an era of Human Rights. Peter Lang
2008
- Pereira, R. 2008. On the legality of the Ship-Source Pollution 2005/35/EC directive: the Intertanko case and selected others. European Energy & Environmental Law Review 17(6), pp. 372-383.
2007
- Pereira, R. 2007. Environmental criminal law in the first pillar: A positive development for environmental protection in the European Union?. European Energy & Environmental Law Review 16(10), pp. 254-268.
- LL.M. - International Energy Law (Module Leader)
- LL.B. - Company Law (Lecturer and tutor)
- LL.B. - European Union Law (Lecturer and tutor)
- LL.B. - Commercial Law (2015-2017) (Module Leader, lecturer and tutor)
- LL.M. - EU Internal Market Law (from 2015 - ) (Guest lecturer: the External Dimensions of the EU Internal Market)
I welcome Ph.D. proposals in the fields of international and EU environmental law, natural resources law and governance, the law of the sea, international economic law, comparative and European criminal law; and human rights law (particularly indigenous peoples' rights).