Achievements and Highlights
Howard Mann’s career is focused on bringing new thinking to major international law challenges.
Early in his career he was legal advisor to the Canadian delegations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1989-1992), and the NAFTA environmental agreement (1992-1993). Howard led significant contributions to both agreements.
Since then, Howard has appeared before Parliamentary committees, and served on advisory panels for the Government of Canada, OECD, United Nations, International Bar Association and International Commission of Jurists. He has pioneered civil society engagement in international arbitrations, published ground-breaking analyses of international investment law and arbitration and facilitated multiple international negotiations