Melinda Janki

Georgetown, Guyana

Melinda Janki has been admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales, and as an attorney-at-law in Guyana. She is executive director of the Justice Institute, which is dedicated to upholding the rule of law and improving access to social and environmental justice. She drafted the laws for environmental impact assessments, the national protected areas system, and water management in Guyana. She has held various positions, including vice president of the Guyana Bar Association, vice chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, and treasurer of the Solicitors International Human Rights Group. She holds an LLB and an LLM for University College, London University, and a BCL from the University of Oxford. She has published on water law, Amerindian rights, protected areas, decolonisation, and the constitutional right to property.