Beatrice Fihn is the Director of Lex International. She is the former Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning campaign coalition that works to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons. She accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and delivered the Nobel Lecture in Oslo on behalf of the campaign. Beatrice is also a Senior Fellow at United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva. As one of the world’s foremost experts on civil society mobilization, international law, and diplomacy and multilateralism, she has worked over a decade to convince governments, parliamentarians and international organizations to come together and work collectively for global governance solutions. She has spoken at the United Nations, the European Parliament, the World Economic Forum, the Munich Security Conference and SXSW, as well as lecturing at numerous universities, including Harvard, Penn, Oxford and Cambridge. Her work has been covered and reported on by CNN, BBC HARDtalk and the Financial Times, amongst others. She has also been profiled by the New York Times and Time magazine, as well as being listed as one of the world’s 50 most influential people in 2017 by Bloomberg Media. Beatrice has a Master’s in Law from the University of London and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Stockholm University.

Federica Du Pasquier is a humanitarian diplomat, lawyer, and strategist. Beyond developing this project on revitalizing international law at Lex, she is currently spearheading a new initiative at the intersection of science, technology, and the future of peace and war at a Geneva-based anticipation think-and-do-tank (GESDA). Federica also teaches international law and conflict resolution at Yale University.
Prior to this, she spent close to a decade at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), contributing to its dialogue with conflict parties in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Syria and the Occupied Palestinian Territory and to its legal outreach at the UN in New York. Federica came away deeply humbled by the resilience and resourcefulness of those most affected by war, and viscerally struck by the urgency of finding new ways to prevent, manage, and resolve conflict. For three years, she worked closely with the ICRC President on creating diplomatic opportunities for humanitarian action in some of the world’s most acute crises. Federica holds degrees from Harvard University and the University of St Gallen. Born and raised in Geneva, she speaks French, Italian, German, English, Spanish, and Arabic.

Magnus Løvold, MPhil in Peace and Conflict Studies, is an expert in multilateral processes, international law, global advocacy and communication. Beyond his work for Lex International Fund, he is managing a project to aid governments, academics and civil society in their efforts to bring the intergovernmental negotiations for a treaty on plastic pollution to a successful conclusion. Prior to this, Magnus worked as an adviser for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International Law and Policy Institute and Article 36. Until 2015, Magnus worked with Beatrice to mobilise support for a treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons as Advocacy and Campaign Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Magnus has written extensively on past and ongoing international processes and is a co-founder of the Norwegian Academy of International Law, a non-profit association dedicated to the strengthening of international law based in Oslo, Norway.

Emma Pike is a nuclear disarmament expert, peace and human rights educator, and communications strategist. While her interest in international law and disarmament began as a university student studying international relations at the University of St Andrews, she later moved into the field of peace and global citizenship education, earning her M.A. from University College London’s Institute of Education, and her M.Ed. from Columbia University. She has a diverse background in academic research, teaching and disarmament advocacy, all of which inform her current work at Lex International. Emma’s unique storytelling ability and capacity to reach wide audiences has seen her work most notably profiled by the New York Times. Her video content on social media routinely reaches millions of people, where she engages the community in discussions about international law, disarmament and the multilateral system.
She is regularly relied upon by panels, universities, and other fora as an expert in public engagement on international law and disarmament. An educator at heart, Emma is a firm believer that an educated and engaged public is essential for strengthening the legitimacy and influence of international law.