Rosemarie Cadogan is an international lawyer with the Commonwealth Secretariat, London. With a background in human rights, legislative frameworks and natural resource governance in the Caribbean and Canada, she has advocated for raising awareness of legal rights and obligations at the community and institutional level. Her project and transactional experience spans over 20 years on projects in the Caribbean, West Africa and the Pacific. Rosemarie is a graduate of the University of the West Indies where she received a Bachelors’ degree in Law; and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations from the University of Guyana, and a Masters’ Degree in Marine and Environmental Law from Dalhousie University, Canada. She is admitted to the Bar in Guyana and Canada.