Dr Samvel Varvastian
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
Timau a rolau for Samvel Varvastian
Uwch Ddarlithydd yn y Gyfraith
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Rwy'n gweithio ar hawliau dynol, diogelu'r amgylchedd, ac iechyd y cyhoedd, gyda ffocws penodol ar effeithiau newid yn yr hinsawdd, llygredd plastig, a cholli bioamrywiaeth. Mae fy ngwaith wedi cael ei ddyfynnu gan gyrff deddfwriaethol, gweithredol a barnwrol ledled y byd, gan gynnwys Cyd-bwyllgor Senedd Iwerddon ar Amaethyddiaeth, Bwyd a'r Môr, Weinyddiaeth Iechyd a Diogelu Cymdeithasol Colombia, a Goruchaf Lys Mecsico.
Rwy'n rhan o gonsortiwm y dyfarnwyd contract iddo gan Gyngor Ewrop i ddarparu ymgynghoriaeth ryngwladol ar hawliau dynol a'r amgylchedd yn 2025–2029. Rwyf hefyd wedi cynghori sefydliadau ac asiantaethau rhyngwladol eraill, gan gynnwys Gweithdrefnau Arbennig y Cenhedloedd Unedig o Gyngor Hawliau Dynol a Rhaglen Amgylcheddol y Cenhedloedd Unedig, a sefydliadau anllywodraethol amgylcheddol a hawliau dynol amrywiol.
Rwy'n Gymrawd o'r Academi Addysg Uwch (FHEA). Rwy'n addysgu Cyfraith Gymharol, Cyfraith Gyhoeddus, Tort, a Hawliau Dynol a Chyfiawnder Byd-eang.
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Thompson, R. et al., 2026. Reaching agreement on priorities for the Global Plastics Treaty: The role of independent science in helping negotiators find common ground. Technical Report.
- Carney Almroth, B. et al., 2026. Scientists’ Coalition Human Rights Working Group submission to the HRC Advisory Committee’s call for Inputs on Plastic Pollution and Human Rights. Project Report.Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty.
2025
- Varvastian, S. 2025. Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the draft General Comment No. 27 on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy. Documentation. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/cfi-subm/crc-gc27/subm-general-comment-aca-128-samvel-varvastian-uk-submission.docx.
- Varvastian, S. 2025. Litigating climate change in the Global South, by Jolene Lin and Jacqueline Peel [Book Review]. Transnational Environmental Law 14 (2), pp.453-458. (10.1017/S2047102525100022)
- Dignac, M. et al., 2025. Scientists’ coalition for an effective plastics treaty. Article 7 on releases and leakages: Why is this article important and what could be improved?. Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15638883.
- Muncke, J. et al., 2025. Scientists’ coalition for an effective plastics treaty: Article 19 on health: human health in the global plastics treaty. Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639129.
- Varvastian, S. 2025. Climate change and mental health: A human rights perspective. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 53 (2), pp.298-303. (10.1017/jme.2025.10114)
2024
- Varvastian, S. 2024. Protecting biodiversity with the right to a healthy environment: lessons from climate change litigation. In: McCormack, P. and Caddell, R. eds. Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.373-392. (10.4337/9781800370296.00026)
- Varvastian, S. 2024. Human rights approaches to planetary crises: From climate change to plastic pollution. Law, Justice and Ecology London and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003436133)
- Deeney, M. et al., 2024. Human health in the global plastics treaty. Project Report.[Online].Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Available at: https://ikhapp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Policy-Brief-Human-Health-in-the-Global-Plastics-Treaty-26.09.24.pdf.
2023
- Varvastian, S. 2023. The role of courts in plastic pollution governance. International & Comparative Law Quarterly 72 (3), pp.635-669. (10.1017/S0020589323000179)
- Varvastian, S. 2023. Plastic pollution: campaigners around the world are using the courts to clean up – but manufacturers are fighting back. [Online].Vol. 26 JunThe Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/plastic-pollution-campaigners-around-the-world-are-using-the-courts-to-clean-up-but-manufacturers-are-fighting-back-208134.
2022
- Varvastian, S. 2022. Factors determining the viability of rights claims in climate change litigation. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2021
- Varvastian, S. 2021. The advent of international human rights law in climate change litigation. Wisconsin International Law Journal 38 (2), pp.369-425.
2020
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Environmental rights: the development of standards, eds Stephen J. Turner, Dinah L. Shelton, Jona Razzaque, Owen McIntyre and James R. May [Book Review]. European Energy and Environmental Law Review 29 (6), pp.245-246. (10.54648/eelr2020049)
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Children’s climate change case at the European Court of Human Rights: what’s at stake?. The Conversation 2020 (4 Dec)
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Climate change, public health, and the law, eds. M. Burger and J. Gundlach (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) [Book Review]. Review of European Comparative and International Environmental Law (10.1111/reel.12342)
- Varvastian, S. and Kalunga, F. 2020. Transnational corporate liability for environmental damage and climate change: reassessing access to justice after Vedanta v. Lungowe. Transnational Environmental Law 9 (2), pp.323-345. (10.1017/S2047102520000138)
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Can UK fossil fuel companies now be held accountable for contributing to climate change overseas?. The Conversation 2020 (28 May)
2019
- Varvastian, S. 2019. The revised EU air quality policy and public health. In: Negri, S. ed. Environmental Health in International and EU Law: Current Challenges and Legal Responses. London: Routledge. , pp.83-96.
- Varvastian, S. 2019. The human right to a healthy environment, edited by John H. Knox and Ramin Pejan, Cambridge University Press, 2018 [Book Review]. Transnational Environmental Law 8 (2), pp.382-387. (10.1017/S2047102519000177)
- Varvastian, S. 2019. The human right to a clean and healthy environment in climate change litigation.
- Varvastian, S. 2019. A natural resource beyond the sky: invoking the public trust doctrine to protect the atmosphere from greenhouse gas emissions. In: Tegner Anker, H. and Egelund Olsen, B. eds. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Legal Instruments and Approaches. European Environmental Law Forum Vol. 5.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. , pp.121-136. (10.1017/9781780687834.008)
2018
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Access to justice in climate change litigation from a transnational perspective: private party standing in recent climate cases. In: Jendrośka, J. and Bar, M. eds. Procedural Environmental Rights: Principle X of the Rio Declaration in Theory and Practice. Vol. 4, European Environmental Law Forum Intersentia. , pp.481-502. (10.1017/9781780686998.024)
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Additional remarks on 'International Climate Change Law', edited by Bodansky et al. {Book Review]. Climate Law 8 (3-4), pp.358-359. (10.1163/18786561-00803015)
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Air pollution, polluter-pays principle and environmental liability directive. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law 9 , pp.161-167.
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Principles on climate obligations of enterprises, by Expert Group on Climate Obligations of Enterprises [Book Review]. Carbon and Climate Law Review 12 , pp.340-342. (10.21552/cclr/2018/4/10)
2017
- Varvastian, S. 2017. Climate change and the constitutional obligation to protect natural resources: the Pennsylvania atmospheric trust litigation. Climate Law 7 (2-3), pp.209-226. (10.1163/18786561-00702006)
- Varvastian, S. 2017. Promoting human health and the functioning of the internal market: the reaffirmation of the tobacco products directive’s key objectives in Poland v parliament and council, pillbox 38 and Philip Morris brands and others. European Public Law 23 (2), pp.271-283. (10.54648/euro2017017)
- Varvastian, S. 2017. Filling the gap in the EU air quality legislation: the medium combustion plants directive. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law 8 , pp.131-136.
2016
- Varvastian, S. 2016. Climate change litigation, liability and global climate governance – can judicial policymaking become a game-changer?. Presented at: 2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change Berlin 23-24 May 2016. , pp.1-7. (10.17169/REFUBIUM-22278)
2015
- Varvastian, S. 2015. Environmental liability under scrutiny: the margins of applying the EU “polluter pays” principle against the owners of the polluted land who did not contribute to the pollution. Environmental Law Review 17 (4), pp.270-276. (10.1177/1461452915598430)
- Varvastian, S. 2015. UK's legalisation of mitochondrial donation in IVF treatment: a challenge to the international community or a promotion of life-saving medical innovation to be followed by others?. European Journal of Health Law 22 (5), pp.405-425. (10.1163/15718093-12341366)
- Varvastian, S. 2015. A review of EU regulation of sports nutrition: same game, different rules. German Law Journal 16 (5), pp.1293-1315. (10.1017/S2071832200021131)
- Varvastian, S. 2015. Achieving the EU air policy objectives in due time: a reality or a hoax?. European Energy and Environmental Law Review 24 (1), pp.2-11. (10.54648/eelr2015001)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Varvastian, S. 2024. Protecting biodiversity with the right to a healthy environment: lessons from climate change litigation. In: McCormack, P. and Caddell, R. eds. Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp.373-392. (10.4337/9781800370296.00026)
- Varvastian, S. 2019. The revised EU air quality policy and public health. In: Negri, S. ed. Environmental Health in International and EU Law: Current Challenges and Legal Responses. London: Routledge. , pp.83-96.
- Varvastian, S. 2019. A natural resource beyond the sky: invoking the public trust doctrine to protect the atmosphere from greenhouse gas emissions. In: Tegner Anker, H. and Egelund Olsen, B. eds. Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Legal Instruments and Approaches. European Environmental Law Forum Vol. 5.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. , pp.121-136. (10.1017/9781780687834.008)
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Access to justice in climate change litigation from a transnational perspective: private party standing in recent climate cases. In: Jendrośka, J. and Bar, M. eds. Procedural Environmental Rights: Principle X of the Rio Declaration in Theory and Practice. Vol. 4, European Environmental Law Forum Intersentia. , pp.481-502. (10.1017/9781780686998.024)
Cynadleddau
- Varvastian, S. 2016. Climate change litigation, liability and global climate governance – can judicial policymaking become a game-changer?. Presented at: 2016 Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change Berlin 23-24 May 2016. , pp.1-7. (10.17169/REFUBIUM-22278)
Erthyglau
- Varvastian, S. 2025. Litigating climate change in the Global South, by Jolene Lin and Jacqueline Peel [Book Review]. Transnational Environmental Law 14 (2), pp.453-458. (10.1017/S2047102525100022)
- Varvastian, S. 2025. Climate change and mental health: A human rights perspective. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 53 (2), pp.298-303. (10.1017/jme.2025.10114)
- Varvastian, S. 2023. The role of courts in plastic pollution governance. International & Comparative Law Quarterly 72 (3), pp.635-669. (10.1017/S0020589323000179)
- Varvastian, S. 2021. The advent of international human rights law in climate change litigation. Wisconsin International Law Journal 38 (2), pp.369-425.
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Environmental rights: the development of standards, eds Stephen J. Turner, Dinah L. Shelton, Jona Razzaque, Owen McIntyre and James R. May [Book Review]. European Energy and Environmental Law Review 29 (6), pp.245-246. (10.54648/eelr2020049)
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Children’s climate change case at the European Court of Human Rights: what’s at stake?. The Conversation 2020 (4 Dec)
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Climate change, public health, and the law, eds. M. Burger and J. Gundlach (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018) [Book Review]. Review of European Comparative and International Environmental Law (10.1111/reel.12342)
- Varvastian, S. and Kalunga, F. 2020. Transnational corporate liability for environmental damage and climate change: reassessing access to justice after Vedanta v. Lungowe. Transnational Environmental Law 9 (2), pp.323-345. (10.1017/S2047102520000138)
- Varvastian, S. 2020. Can UK fossil fuel companies now be held accountable for contributing to climate change overseas?. The Conversation 2020 (28 May)
- Varvastian, S. 2019. The human right to a healthy environment, edited by John H. Knox and Ramin Pejan, Cambridge University Press, 2018 [Book Review]. Transnational Environmental Law 8 (2), pp.382-387. (10.1017/S2047102519000177)
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Additional remarks on 'International Climate Change Law', edited by Bodansky et al. {Book Review]. Climate Law 8 (3-4), pp.358-359. (10.1163/18786561-00803015)
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Air pollution, polluter-pays principle and environmental liability directive. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law 9 , pp.161-167.
- Varvastian, S. 2018. Principles on climate obligations of enterprises, by Expert Group on Climate Obligations of Enterprises [Book Review]. Carbon and Climate Law Review 12 , pp.340-342. (10.21552/cclr/2018/4/10)
- Varvastian, S. 2017. Climate change and the constitutional obligation to protect natural resources: the Pennsylvania atmospheric trust litigation. Climate Law 7 (2-3), pp.209-226. (10.1163/18786561-00702006)
- Varvastian, S. 2017. Promoting human health and the functioning of the internal market: the reaffirmation of the tobacco products directive’s key objectives in Poland v parliament and council, pillbox 38 and Philip Morris brands and others. European Public Law 23 (2), pp.271-283. (10.54648/euro2017017)
- Varvastian, S. 2017. Filling the gap in the EU air quality legislation: the medium combustion plants directive. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law 8 , pp.131-136.
- Varvastian, S. 2015. Environmental liability under scrutiny: the margins of applying the EU “polluter pays” principle against the owners of the polluted land who did not contribute to the pollution. Environmental Law Review 17 (4), pp.270-276. (10.1177/1461452915598430)
- Varvastian, S. 2015. UK's legalisation of mitochondrial donation in IVF treatment: a challenge to the international community or a promotion of life-saving medical innovation to be followed by others?. European Journal of Health Law 22 (5), pp.405-425. (10.1163/15718093-12341366)
- Varvastian, S. 2015. A review of EU regulation of sports nutrition: same game, different rules. German Law Journal 16 (5), pp.1293-1315. (10.1017/S2071832200021131)
- Varvastian, S. 2015. Achieving the EU air policy objectives in due time: a reality or a hoax?. European Energy and Environmental Law Review 24 (1), pp.2-11. (10.54648/eelr2015001)
Gosodiad
- Varvastian, S. 2022. Factors determining the viability of rights claims in climate change litigation. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Gwefannau
- Varvastian, S. 2023. Plastic pollution: campaigners around the world are using the courts to clean up – but manufacturers are fighting back. [Online].Vol. 26 JunThe Conversation Trust. Available at: https://theconversation.com/plastic-pollution-campaigners-around-the-world-are-using-the-courts-to-clean-up-but-manufacturers-are-fighting-back-208134.
Llyfrau
- Varvastian, S. 2024. Human rights approaches to planetary crises: From climate change to plastic pollution. Law, Justice and Ecology London and New York: Routledge. (10.4324/9781003436133)
Monograffau
- Thompson, R. et al., 2026. Reaching agreement on priorities for the Global Plastics Treaty: The role of independent science in helping negotiators find common ground. Technical Report.
- Carney Almroth, B. et al., 2026. Scientists’ Coalition Human Rights Working Group submission to the HRC Advisory Committee’s call for Inputs on Plastic Pollution and Human Rights. Project Report.Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty.
- Varvastian, S. 2025. Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the draft General Comment No. 27 on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy. Documentation. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/cfi-subm/crc-gc27/subm-general-comment-aca-128-samvel-varvastian-uk-submission.docx.
- Dignac, M. et al., 2025. Scientists’ coalition for an effective plastics treaty. Article 7 on releases and leakages: Why is this article important and what could be improved?. Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15638883.
- Muncke, J. et al., 2025. Scientists’ coalition for an effective plastics treaty: Article 19 on health: human health in the global plastics treaty. Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639129.
- Deeney, M. et al., 2024. Human health in the global plastics treaty. Project Report.[Online].Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Available at: https://ikhapp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Policy-Brief-Human-Health-in-the-Global-Plastics-Treaty-26.09.24.pdf.
- Varvastian, S. 2019. The human right to a clean and healthy environment in climate change litigation.
Ymchwil
Diddordebau ymchwil
Mae gen i ddiddordeb yn y berthynas rhwng diogelu'r amgylchedd, iechyd y cyhoedd, a hawliau dynol, gyda ffocws penodol ar effeithiau newid yn yr hinsawdd, llygredd plastig, a cholli bioamrywiaeth. Yn fy llyfr a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddar 'Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution', rwy'n archwilio'r cyfleoedd a'r heriau i gymhwyso mecanweithiau hawliau dynol mewn ymateb i'r argyfyngau byd-eang hyn. Gan ddadansoddi dros 20 mlynedd o ddeddfwriaeth ac ymgyfreitha, mae'r llyfr hwn yn dwyn ynghyd ystod eang o brofiadau ac arferion o ddwsinau o awdurdodaethau ledled y byd.
Yn gynharach yn fy ngyrfa, gweithiais ar faterion fel technolegau meddygol sy'n dod i'r amlwg, cynhyrchion tybaco, ac atchwanegiadau bwyd.
Arwyddocâd ac effaith
Rwy'n rhan o gonsortiwm a ddyfarnwyd contract iddo gan Gyngor Ewrop i ddarparu ymgynghoriaeth ryngwladol ar hawliau dynol a'r amgylchedd yn 2025–2029. Bwriad y contract yw cwmpasu prosiectau a gweithgareddau a fydd yn helpu'r Cyngor i gyflawni ei nod o gryfhau diogelu'r amgylchedd trwy gymhwyso safonau Ewropeaidd a rhyngwladol yn well, gan gynnwys cyfreithiol Llys Hawliau Dynol Ewrop.
Rwyf wedi cynghori sefydliadau ac asiantaethau rhyngwladol, gan gynnwys Gweithdrefnau Arbennig y Cenhedloedd Unedig o Gyngor Hawliau Dynol a Rhaglen Amgylchedd y Cenhedloedd Unedig. Rwyf hefyd wedi cynghori amrywiol sefydliadau anllywodraethol amgylcheddol a hawliau dynol fel ClientEarth, Corporate Justice Coalition, Global Legal Action Network, Greenpeace, ac eraill. Rwy'n aelod gweithgar o'r Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty, corff o dros 400 o arbenigwyr o 70 o wledydd sy'n cyfrannu at drafodaethau rhyngwladol ar yr offeryn rhyngwladol cyfreithiol rhwymol cyntaf i roi terfyn ar lygredd plastig trwy hysbysu llywodraethau a rhanddeiliaid eraill sy'n ymwneud â'r trafodaethau hyn.
Mae fy ngwaith wedi cael ei ddyfynnu gan amrywiol gyrff deddfwriaethol, gweithredol a barnwrol, gan gynnwys achos Goruchaf Lys Mecsico ynghylch y gwaharddiad ar ddosbarthu bagiau plastig, adroddiad Senedd Iwerddon ar Amaethyddiaeth, Bwyd a'r Môr ar y polisi amaethyddol, ac asesiad Weinyddiaeth Iechyd a Diogelu Cymdeithasol Colombia o reoleiddio maeth chwaraeon. Mae fy ngwaith hefyd wedi'i ddyfynnu mewn adroddiadau a gyflwynwyd i sefydliadau rhynglywodraethol a llunwyr polisi cenedlaethol, gan gynnwys Pwyllgor Biomoeseg Cyngor Ewrop a Phwyllgorau Sefydlog Senedd Senedd Awstralia ar Faterion Cymunedol.
Ymgysylltu ag ymchwil
Rwy'n cyflwyno fy ymchwil yn rheolaidd i wahanol gymunedau academaidd ac anacademaidd, gan gynnwys cyfreithwyr, gwyddonwyr amgylcheddol, a gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol mewn cynadleddau cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol yn y DU a thramor. Rwyf hefyd yn cyfathrebu fy ngwaith i'r cyhoedd ehangach trwy'r cyfryngau cymdeithasol a The Conversation.
Cyhoeddiadau dethol
- S Varvastian, 'Newid yn yr Hinsawdd ac Iechyd Meddwl: Persbectif Hawliau Dynol' (2025) 53(2) Cyfnodolyn y Gyfraith, Meddygaeth a Moeseg 298-303, https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2025.10114
- S Varvastian, Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution (Routledge, 2024), https://www.routledge.com/Human-Rights-Approaches-to-Planetary-Crises-From-Climate-Change-to-Plastic-Pollution/Varvastian/p/book/9781032565668
- S Varvastian, 'Protecting Biodiversity with the Right to a Healthy Environment: Lessons from Climate Change Litigation' yn P McCormack ac R Caddell (gol.), Llawlyfr Ymchwil ar Newid yn yr Hinsawdd a Chyfraith Bioamrywiaeth (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024) 372-391, https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370296.00026
- S Varvastian, 'Rôl Llysoedd mewn Llywodraethu Llygredd Plastig' (2023) 72(3) Cyfraith Ryngwladol a Chymharol Chwarterol 635-669, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589323000179
- S Varvastian, 'The Advent of International Human Rights Law in Climate Change Litigation' (2021) 38(2) Wisconsin International Law Journal 369-425, https://wilj.law.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1270/2021/06/38.2_369-425Varvastian.pdf
- S Varvastian ac F Kalunga, 'Atebolrwydd Corfforaethol Trawswladol am Ddifrod Amgylcheddol a Newid yn yr Hinsawdd: Ailasesu Mynediad at Gyfiawnder ar ôl Vedanta v. Lungowe' (2020) 9(2) Cyfraith Amgylcheddol Trawswladol 323-345, https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102520000138
- S Varvastian, 'The Revised EU Air Quality Policy and Public Health', yn Stefania Negri (gol), Environmental Health in International and EU Law: Current Challenges and Legal Responses (Routledge, 2019) 83-96, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429354694
- S Varvastian, 'A Natural Resource Beyond the Sky: Invoking the Public Trust Doctrine to Protect the Atmosphere from Greenhouse Gas Emissions', yn Helle Tegner Anker a Birgitte Egelund Olsen (gol.), Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Legal Instruments and Approaches (Intersentia, 2018) 121-135, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687834
- S Varvastian, 'Hyrwyddo Iechyd Pobl a Gweithrediad y Farchnad Fewnol: Ailddatgan Amcanion Allweddol y Gyfarwyddeb Cynhyrchion Tybaco yng Ngwlad Pwyl v y Senedd a'r Cyngor, Pillbox 38 a Philip Morris Brands ac Eraill' (2017) 23(2) Cyfraith Gyhoeddus Ewropeaidd 271-283, https://doi.org/10.54648/euro2017017
- S Varvastian, 'Access to Justice in Climate Change Litigation from a Transnational Perspective: Private Party Standing in Recent Climate Cases', yn Jerzy Jendrośka a Magdalena Bar (gol.), Procedural Environmental Rights: Principle X of the Rio Declaration in Theory and Practice (Intersentia, 2017) 481-502, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780686998
- S Varvastian, 'UK's Legalisation of Mitochondrial Donation in IVF Treatment: A Challenge to the International Community or a Promotion of Life-Saving Medical Innovation to Be Followed by Others?" (2015) 22(5) European Journal of Health Law 405-425, https://doi.org/10.1163/15718093-12341366
- S Varvastian, 'Adolygiad o Reoleiddio'r UE o Faeth Chwaraeon: Yr Un Gêm, Rheolau Gwahanol' (2015) 16(5) Cyfnodolyn Cyfraith yr Almaen 1293-1315, https://doi.org/10.1017/S2071832200021131
- S Varvastian, 'Cyflawni Amcanion Polisi Awyr yr UE mewn Pryd: Realiti neu Ffug?' (2015) 24(1) Adolygiad Cyfraith Ynni ac Amgylcheddol Ewrop 2-11, https://doi.org/10.54648/eelr2015001
Addysgu
Cyfraith gymharol (israddedig)
Rwy'n gyd-gynullydd y modiwl Cyfraith Gymharol, sy'n cyflwyno myfyrwyr i fanteision a heriau cymharu mewn astudiaethau cyfreithiol. Mae'r modiwl hwn yn archwilio prif draddodiadau cyfreithiol y byd a'r rhyngweithiadau rhyngddynt a hefyd meysydd allweddol cyfraith gymharol fel cyfraith gyfansoddiadol gymharol, cyfraith contract gymharol, a phroses droseddol gymharol.
Y Gyfraith Gyhoeddus (israddedig)
Mae'r modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno myfyrwyr i egwyddorion sylfaenol y cyfansoddiad (megis rheolaeth y gyfraith, gwahanu pwerau, a sofraniaeth seneddol), prif sefydliadau llywodraeth, a'r berthynas rhyngddynt, adolygiad barnwrol o benderfyniadau'r llywodraeth, a hawliau unigolion.
Tort (israddedig)
Fi yw cyd-arweinydd y modiwl Tort. Mae cyfraith camwedd yn cwmpasu nifer o gamgymeriadau sifil (ac eithrio torri contract) y mae'r gyfraith yn caniatáu rhwymedigaeth ar eu cyfer. Mae'n caniatáu i'r rhai sydd wedi'u hanafu adennill iawndal. Mae'r modiwl hwn yn archwilio'r egwyddorion, y gwerthoedd a'r rheolau sy'n llywodraethu atebolrwydd ac iawndal.
Hawliau Dynol a Chyfiawnder Byd-eang (ôl-raddedig)
Mae'r modiwl hwn yn archwilio'r berthynas rhwng hawliau dynol a materion cyfiawnder byd-eang cyfoes. Mae'r modiwl yn tynnu sylw at ystod o ffynonellau amrywiol, er mwyn tynnu sylw at batrymau systemig cyfiawnder ac anghyfiawnder yn yr oes fyd-eang, a rôl hawliau dynol yn y patrymau hyn.
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Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau
Cymwysterau addysgu
- 2023 Cymrawd yr Academi Addysg Uwch (FHEA)
- 2021 Cymrawd Cyswllt yr Academi Addysg Uwch (AFHEA)
Gwobrau ymchwil
- Ysgoloriaeth ymweld ryngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru 2025 i grant Sefydliad Prifysgolion Ewrop (Taith)
- Grant cyflwyno cynhadledd Prifysgol Maastricht 2025
- 2025 - Contract fframwaith Cyngor Ewrop ar gyfer darparu ymgynghoriaeth ryngwladol ar hawliau dynol a'r amgylchedd, gyda RPA Europe S.R.L, Stevens & Bolton LLP, ac Unione forense per la tutela dei diritti umani
- Grant cyflwyno seminar Modern Law Review 2024
- Grant sefydliad symposiwm Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 2023
- Grant cyflwyno cynhadledd Prifysgol Wisconsin-Madison 2020
- Grant cyflwyno cynhadledd Prifysgol Pennsylvania a Chymdeithas Ryngwladol Biomoeseg 2020
- Grant teithio cynhadledd y Gymdeithas Ddaearyddol Frenhinol 2020
- 2018 - 2021 Dyfarniad ysgoloriaeth PhD Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd
- 2018 Grant cyflwyno cynhadledd Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law a Internationa Law
- Grant cyflwyno cynhadledd Prifysgol Groningen a Phrifysgol Gatholig Leuven 2018
- Grant cyflwyno cynhadledd Prifysgol Caeredin a'r Gymdeithas Ryngwladol Biomoeseg 2016
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Academi Rheolaeth (2025 -)
- Clymblaid Gwyddonwyr ar gyfer Cytundeb Plastig Effeithiol (2024 -)
- Rhwydweithiau Academaidd Agored Cyngor Ewrop (2024 -)
- Cymdeithas Academaidd Ryngwladol ar Gynllunio, y Gyfraith a Hawliau Eiddo (2024 -)
- Cymdeithas Ecolegol Prydain (2019 -)
- Grŵp Ymchwil Newid Hinsawdd y Gymdeithas Ddaearyddol Frenhinol (2019 -)
- Cyfnodolyn Hawliau Dynol a'r Amgylchedd (2019 - 2024)
- E-gylchgrawn Academi Cyfraith Amgylcheddol IUCN (2019 - 2022)
- Comisiwn y Byd ar Gyfraith Amgylcheddol (2018 -)
- Rhwydwaith Gwyddonol Ewropeaidd ar y Gyfraith a Thybaco (2018 -)
- Cymdeithas Cyfraith Ryngwladol Ewrop (2016 -)
- Fforwm Cyfraith Amgylcheddol Ewrop (2016 -)
- Cymdeithas Ryngwladol Biomoeseg (2016 -)
Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol
- 2026 - presennol: Uwch Ddarlithydd yn y Gyfraith, Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth, Prifysgol Caerdydd
- 2021 - 2026: Darlithydd yn y Gyfraith, Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth, Prifysgol Caerdydd
- 2019 - 2021: Tiwtor Graddedig, Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth, Prifysgol Caerdydd
- 2018 - 2019: Ehangu cyfranogiad a thiwtor allgymorth, Prifysgol Caerdydd
Ymrwymiadau siarad cyhoeddus
2025
12 Tachwedd: Seminar ymchwil 'Tuag at Fframwaith Cyfreithiol Rhyngwladol ar gyfer Glanhau Llygredd Plastig Morol', Sefydliad Prifysgol Ewrop
28 Hydref: 'Ymgyfreitha Llygredd Plastig', Cynhadledd Unpacking the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations, Prifysgol Maastricht
27 Gorffennaf: 'Llygredd Plastig fel Mater Hawliau Dynol a Thesiynau Rhanddeiliaid', Ymchwil Rhyngddisgyblaethol PDW ar Fusnes, Hawliau Dynol a Chynaliadwyedd, 85ain Cyfarfod Blynyddol yr Academi Rheolaeth, Ysgol Fusnes Copenhagen
4 Gorffennaf: 'Climate Reparations in the Context of the Triple Planetary Crisis', Climate Reparations: an Academic-Policy Exchange workshop, Cabot Institute for the Environment, Prifysgol Bryste
22 Mai: 'Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution', seminar Canolfan Cyfraith a Pholisi Amgylcheddol Caerdydd, Prifysgol Caerdydd
7 Mai: 'Llygredd Plastig fel Torri Hawliau Dynol', Digwyddiad gwaith ar y gweill Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth, Prifysgol Caerdydd
9 Ebrill: 'Dulliau Hawliau Dynol at Argyfyngau Planedol: O Newid yn yr Hinsawdd i Lygredd Plastig', gweminar Rhwydwaith EU-VALUES, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
4 Ebrill: 'Rôl Cyfreithwyr yn Datblygu Cyfreithiol Ehangach ar "Iawndal Hinsawdd"', gweithdy Safbwyntiau Cyfreithiol ar Iawndal Hinsawdd, Prifysgol Bryste a'r Gymdeithas Astudiaethau Cymdeithasol-Gyfreithiol
4 Ebrill: 'Atebolrwydd Corfforaethol am Ddifrod Amgylcheddol Byd-eang', Cynhadledd Ryngwladol ar-lein ar Gyfraith Busnes II o ELSA Warszawa, Cymdeithas Myfyrwyr y Gyfraith Ewropeaidd Gwlad Pwyl
23 Ionawr: 'Dulliau Hawliau Dynol at Argyfyngau Planedol: O Newid yn yr Hinsawdd i Lygredd Plastig', seminar Canolfan Caergrawnt ar gyfer yr Amgylchedd, Ynni a Llywodraethu Adnoddau Naturiol (CEENRG), Prifysgol Caergrawnt
2024
4 Rhagfyr: 'Cyfraniad Cytundeb BBNJ i Fynd i'r Afael â'r Argyfwng Planedol Triphlyg', Seminar Adolygu'r Gyfraith Fodern 'Amlochrogrwydd a chreu cyfraith ryngwladol: Bioamrywiaeth y Môr y tu hwnt i awdurdodaeth genedlaethol', Prifysgol Essex
27 Tachwedd: Seminar ymchwil 'Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises', Prifysgol Warwick
21 Tachwedd: 'Hawliau Dynol yn Oes yr Argyfwng Planedol Triphlyg', Diogelu Cymunedau Traddodiadol yn y gweithdy Amazon, Prifysgol Ffederal Maranhão a Phrifysgol Ulster
7 Tachwedd: 'Hawliau Dynol mewn Asesu Effaith Amgylcheddol', Gweithdy Mwynau Critigol, Fframweithiau Rheoleiddio a Geowleidyddiaeth, Prifysgol Calgary
13 Medi: 'Astudio ac Addysgu'r Gyfraith Dramor yn Oes yr Heriau Mawr', Cynhadledd Dysgu ac Addysgu Prifysgol Caerdydd 2024 'Sut allwn ni sicrhau y bydd ein dysgu a'n haddysgu yn darparu byd gwell i genedlaethau'r dyfodol?', Prifysgol Caerdydd
8 Mai: 'Trawsblaniadau Cyfreithiol a Heriau Byd-eang', Cynhadledd flynyddol Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth, Prifysgol Caerdydd
18 Ebrill 'Linking Climate Change and Plastic Pollution from a Human Rights Perspective', digwyddiad bord gron - Unveiling the Power of Climate Change Litigation: Global Climate Justice from a Latin American and Caribbean Perspective, Prifysgol Gorllewin Lloegr
22 Mawrth: 'Rôl y Llysoedd mewn Llywodraethu Llygredd Plastig', Gweithdy Amlddisgyblaethol Llywodraethu Plastig: Tueddiadau sy'n Dod i'r Amlwg, Prifysgol Gorllewin Lloegr
2023
6 Rhagfyr: 'Effeithiau Polisi Ymchwil ar Lygredd Plastig', Marchnad Plastigau Rhyngddisgyblaethol, Ysgol y Biowyddorau, Prifysgol Caerdydd
22-23 Mehefin: 'Cyflwyniad i'r Journal of Human Rights and the Environment', Symposiwm Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Prifysgol Caerdydd
14 Mehefin: 'Rôl y Llysoedd mewn Llywodraethu Llygredd Plastig', Cynhadledd Plastigau ar gyfer Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2022
19 Hydref: 'Argyfwng Amgylcheddol a Chyfrifoldeb yn yr Anthropocene', Václav Havel Deialogau Ewropeaidd: Heddwch a Democratiaeth mewn Argyfwng, Prifysgol Caerdydd
2021
28 Mehefin-2 Gorffennaf: 'Constitutional Rights-based Climate Cases in the United States: What Future After 10 Years of Litigation?', 18th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law – The Future of Environmental Law: Ambition and Reality, University of Groningen
20-21 Mai: 'Hawliadau Hawliau Cyfansoddiadol mewn Ymgyfreitha Newid Hinsawdd', Canolfan Sabin Prifysgol Columbia ar gyfer Cyfraith Newid Hinsawdd 9fed Colocwiwm Blynyddol ar Ysgoloriaeth Cyfraith Amgylcheddol Arloesol, Ysgol y Gyfraith Columbia
2020
29 Hydref: 'Climate Change Litigation as a Means for Addressing Local Environmental Harms', Canolfan Llywodraethu Byd-eang a Chyfraith sy'n Dod i'r Amlwg Futures Roundtable Discussion on Oil Spills and Island States, Albany Law School
2-3 Medi: 'Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Climate Change', Canolfan y Gyfraith, Rheoleiddio a Llywodraethu'r Economi Fyd-eang cynhadledd Aflonyddwch, Datgarboneiddio, Iawndaliadau, Ysgol y Gyfraith Prifysgol Warwick
15 Awst: 'The Advent of International Human Rights Law in Climate Change Litigation', Cynhadledd Ysgolheigion Cyfraith Ryngwladol Wisconsin - Terfynau a Photensial Hawliau Dynol wrth Fynd ar Drywydd Cyfiawnder Hinsawdd, Ysgol y Gyfraith Wisconsin
1 Mai: 'Judicial Approaches to Health-related Rights-based Claims in Climate Change Litigation', gweithdy Canolfan Hawliau Dynol Prifysgol Essex Hawliau Dynol a Newid Hinsawdd: O Safbwyntiau Cysyniadol i Ymarferol, Prifysgol Essex
21 Chwefror: 'Intergenerational Climate Justice in Litigation before the US, the Canadian and the Swiss Courts', Coleg y Brenin Llundain–Coleg Prifysgol Llundain 5ed Symposiwm Cyfraith Amgylcheddol, Coleg Prifysgol Llundain
2019
4 Tachwedd: 'What does the People's Climate Case (T-330/18 Carvalho, 8th May 2019) tell us about the protection of fundamental rights before the EU courts?', UACES Research Network on the Effective Enforcement of EU Law and Policy and the Centre for European Law and Governance workshop – The Enforcement of EU Law and Policy, Prifysgol Caerdydd
16-17 Medi: 'The Climate Necessity Defence and Judicial Opinions on Climate Change', Cynhadledd Flynyddol Cymdeithas Seicoleg yr Amgylchedd Prydain The Future & How We Shape It, Prifysgol Caerdydd
11-12 Medi: 'Gwyddoniaeth Hinsawdd mewn Llysoedd: 30 Mlynedd o Brofiad', Cyfarfod Cenedlaethol Effeithiau Hinsawdd a Risg y DU, Canolfan Ryngwladol Priestley ar gyfer yr Hinsawdd, Prifysgol Leeds
14 Awst: 'The Potential of Citizen Science in US Climate Change Litigation', Cynhadledd Cymdeithas Ecolegol Prydain Place-Based Citizen-Science for Wellbeing: Conceptual and practical understandings of 'place' for science and society, Sustainable Places Research Institute, Prifysgol Caerdydd
21 Mehefin: 'Vedanta v. Lungowe: Cryfhau Atebolrwydd Corfforaethol Trawswladol', Sefydliad Ymchwil Grantham ar Newid yn yr Hinsawdd a'r Amgylchedd – Gweithdy Ymgyfreitha Hinsawdd, Ysgol Economeg a Gwyddor Wleidyddol Llundain
2018
17-18 Hydref: 'Invoking the Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment in Climate Change Litigation: An International Perspective', Cynhadledd Cymdeithas Ewropeaidd Cyfraith Ryngwladol - Iechyd a'r Amgylchedd mewn Cyfraith Ryngwladol: Actorion, Normau a Chyfrifoldebau, Sefydliad Max Planck ar gyfer Cyfraith Gyhoeddus Gymharol a Chyfraith Ryngwladol
12-14 Medi: 'Internationalizing Climate Change Liability Litigation', 6ed Cynhadledd Flynyddol Fforwm Cyfraith Amgylcheddol Ewrop Colled a Difrod Amgylcheddol: Priodoli, Atebolrwydd, Iawndal ac Adfer, Prifysgol Insubria
4-6 Gorffennaf: 'The Evolution of Climate Science and Extreme Event Attribution: Are We on the verge of major breakthrough in climate change liability?', Colocwiwm Academi Cyfraith Amgylcheddol IUCN 2018 – Trawsnewid Cyfraith a Llywodraethu Amgylcheddol: Arloesi, Risg a Gwydnwch, Prifysgol Strathclyde
1 Mehefin: 'Atebolrwydd tybaco fel model rôl? In Search for Improving Legal Pathways to Tackle Climate Change', Law and Noncommunicable Diseases: The crosscutting role of law in NCD control and regulating risk factors, University of Groningen
2017
1 Medi: 'The Developing Atmospheric Trust Litigation in the United States: Climate Change and the Constitutional Obligation to Protect Natural Resources', 5ed Cynhadledd Flynyddol Fforwm Cyfraith Amgylcheddol Ewrop – Rheoli Adnoddau Naturiol yn Gynaliadwy – Dulliau ac Offerynnau Cyfreithiol, Prifysgol Copenhagen
2016
14-16 Medi: 'Mynediad at Gyfiawnder mewn Ymgyfreitha Newid Hinsawdd o Safbwynt Trawswladol: Sefyllfa Partïon Preifat a Chyrff Anllywodraethol mewn Achosion Hinsawdd Diweddar', 4ydd Cynhadledd Flynyddol Fforwm Cyfraith Amgylcheddol Ewrop – Hawliau Amgylcheddol Gweithdrefnol: Egwyddor X mewn Theori ac Ymarfer, Prifysgol Wrocław
14-17 Mehefin: 'Gosod Gofynion Marchnata Penodol ar gyfer Cynhyrchion Meddyginiaethol a Dyfeisiau Meddygol sy'n Dod i'r Amlwg sy'n Ymgorffori Nanoddeunyddiau: Hyrwyddo Diogelwch Cleifion neu Rhwystro Datblygu a Masnach?', 13eg Cyngres y Byd Cymdeithas Ryngwladol Biomoeseg, Prifysgol Caeredin
23-24 Mai: 'Climate Change Litigation, Liability and Global Climate Governance – Can Judicial Policy-making Become a Game-changer?', Berlin Conference on Global Environmental Change – Transformative Global Climate Governance après Paris, Free University of Berlin
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- Pwyllgor llywio'r Uned Ymchwil Astudiaethau Rhyngwladol
- Rhaglen Cymrodoriaethau Academi Dysgu ac Addysgu Caerdydd
- Pwyllgor adolygu cymheiriaid grant ymchwil Coleg y Celfyddydau, y Dyniaethau a'r Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
- Pwyllgor trefniadaeth seminarau ymchwil Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth
- Pwyllgor strategaeth recriwtio PGR Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth
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Rwy'n croesawu prosiectau sy'n canolbwyntio ar gyfraith a pholisi mewn cyd-destun rhyngwladol a chymharol a phrosiectau sy'n archwilio'r berthynas rhwng y gyfraith a gwyddorau'r amgylchedd ac iechyd. Mae gen i ddiddordeb arbennig mewn goruchwylio myfyrwyr PhD yn y meysydd:
- Hawliau dynol a'r amgylchedd (hawliau amgylcheddol)
- Rôl y llysoedd wrth ddiogelu'r amgylchedd ac iechyd
- Atebolrwydd corfforaethol am niwed i'r amgylchedd ac iechyd
- Cyfraith amgylcheddol ryngwladol a chymharol
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