Announcing Our Esteemed Judges for the Stories for Futures Competition!


  • Prof. Freya Beatens is a Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, and Director of the International Human Rights Summer School at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, also affiliated with the PluriCourts Centre of Excellence (Faculty of Law, Oslo University) and the Europa Institute (Faculty of Law, Leiden University).

  • Prof. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger is a world-leading scholar and jurist in the field of sustainable development law governance. She is the Senior Director of CISDL and serves as Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge.

  • Mr. Alistair Henfrey is the Head of the English Department at Winchester College.

  • Dr. Odeeth Lara-Morales is the Programme Manager of VoFG CI, an Associate Fellow at CISDL, a Lecturer at the University of Waterloo and a Project Officer with UNA-Canada.

  • Max Lee is an avid writer, poet, and creative who aspires to help young children find their niches as he did through his love for language and literature. In 2020, in the midst of an epidemic, Max founded a Hong Kong-based youth education company driven by his true joy in educating, Crown Education, teaching with a small group of young visionaries from drama to debate to poetry.

  • Elianys (Ela) Martínez is an educator with over six years of experience working with teachers, students, and families within and outside of the school context. Ela is the Programme Coordinator of VoFG CI and an Associate Fellow at CISDL.

  • Julie Smith, Baroness of Newnham is a current member of the House of Lords and an academic specialising in European politics at the University of Cambridge.

  • Prof. Pamela Towela Sambo, is the Head of Department, Private Law at the University of Zambia. She specialises in the legal aspects of environmental justice, EIAs and human rights.

Stay tuned for the results!