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Co-Founder, Women's Advocacy Network Uganda

Partner, Awodi & Co.

Executive Director and Executive Vice President, American Society of International Law

Executive Director, World Justice Project

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Director-General, International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

Deputy Director, Public Governance Directorate, OECD

General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation

Secretary-General, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Human Rights, Microsoft Corporation

Secretary-General of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe

Chief Editor, India Justice Report and Senior Advisor, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

Head of the Economic Analysis Sector of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in the European Commission

Director, Equal Rights Trust

Filmmaker and Senior Researcher

Editor, Central Europe, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation

President and Director-Counsel Emeritus, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Director for International Affairs at the City of The Hague (international city of peace and justice)

Secretary General, CIVICUS

Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency

Director, Planning and Organizational Performance, Judiciary of Kenya

Director, Information Society - Action against Crime, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe

Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya

Executive Director, Samburu Women Trust

Columnist and Editorial Consultant, Rappler

Co-founder & CEO, World Justice Project

Director, Legal Empowerment Fund

Senior Technical Advisor to the Governance and Security Programme

Chair of The Elders

International Forensic Investigations Consultant

Advocate for Arts and Justice

Composer

Professor, Arizona State University and Faculty Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Founder and Director, Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Former President, American Bar Association / Board of Directors, World Justice Project

Executive Director, International Legal Foundation

Director of Stability and Humanitarian Aid, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Former Prime Minister of Poland (1992-1993) and Member of Club de Madrid

Executive Director of the Tech for Good Institute and Senior Fellow, Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore

Attorney-General and Minister Of Justice Of The Republic Of Sierra Leone

Chair, European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Human Rights and Responsible Supply Chain Manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Working Session Speakers

Citizen’s Participation Committee of the State Anticorruption System of Quintana Roo, Mexico

President of the High Court of Niamey

Legal and Anti-Corruption Officer for the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)

Managing Partner and founder of FOUNT

Minority/Disability Intersectional Discrimination Project Officer

International Consultant and Civil Society Activist

Leader of the Civic Space Cluster with CIVICUS Monitor

Network Manager, NAMATI

Volunteer Mediator, Community Mediation Board Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka, specializing in financial disputes

Youth Law Center, Senior Staff Attorney

Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of Oxford, Chevening Scholar

Founder/CEO, GEC Risk Advisory

Director of Research and Learning, IDLO

LGBTIQ+ Asylum project coordinator at Mawjoudin (We exist)

President of the Law Society of England and Wales

Senior Manager, Governance & Peace United Nations Global Compact

Access to Justice Specialist at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

International lawyer and policy advisor

Senior Program Officer American Bar Foundation Access to Justice Research Initiative

Human Rights Officer, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)

Senior Attorney/Justice for All Coordinator Alaska Legal Services Corporation

Latin America Policy Director at the Vance Center for International Justice- NYC Bar

Justice at the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador

Director of Research at IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System

President of the Paris Bar

Head of the National Human Rights Institution of Costa Rica

Journalist and Editor of JusticeInfo.net

ESG Coordinator & Program Officer, Center for International Private Enterprise

Executive Director, Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI)

Executive Director Institute for African Women in Law

Assistant Professor Cybersecurity Governance at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University / Principal Investigator of the Cyber Security by Integrated Design (C-SIDe)

Retired partner at Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA

Program Lead, Justice for All, Pathfinders, NYU-CIC

Senior Program Specialist International Development Research Centre, Canada

Senior Research Fellow, ODI

Co-Founder and Board Member, Themis – Gênero, Justiça, Direitos Humanos

Horizontal accountability specialist at Transparency International-Secretariat

Programme Officer at FIDA Uganda (Uganda Association of Women Lawyers)

Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility and Professorial Fellow; (Institute for Corporate Law, Governance and Innovation Policies at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University)

Program Expert and Head of Lebanon and Yemen Programs, International Center for Transitional Justice

Director at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)

Associate General Counsel, Compute Global Business Group - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

Coordinator of the Global Initiative on Justice with Children and Advocacy and Global Learning Senior Advisor for Terre des Hommes Foundation

Deputy Registrar of the International Court of Justice

Executive Director of Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women (ESE) in the Republic of North Macedonia

Co-founder and COO at Civitas Digital

Director at the Central Bureau of Statistics

Senior Program Advisor –Center on International Cooperation– New York University (NYU/CIC) / Senior Advisor of Pathfinders

Former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and Co-Founder of Integrity Initiatives International (III)

Social Participation Committee of the State Anticorruption System of Jalisco

Former Commissioner, Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines

Director of Rule of Law Projects, Mexico, World Justice Project

Programme Director at HiiL

Co-Chair of the International Coordinating Committee for the International Anti-Corruption Court (IACC) Campaign and Convenor of the Climate Governance Commission

Chair, National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN) / General Secretary for Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (IPWDGN), faculty member, Padma Kanya College in Kathmandu / Council member, Minority Rights Group (MRG)

Director & Associate General Counsel, Corporate, Restructurings and M&A, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Legal Adviser, International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC)

Access to Justice Expert, Cordaid

Member and rapporteur for human rights defenders and justice operators of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Former Under-Secretary of Strategic Management and Institutional Quality, Buenos Aires City Government

Research Officer, Open Government Partnership

Senior Research Associate, World Justice Project

Founder of Youth Against Corruption (YAC)

Director for International Affairs at the City of The Hague (international city of peace and justice)

Lecturer at University of Maryland and Director of the Center for Transnational Environmental Accountability

Executive Director, International Association of Women Judges

Journalist Executive Director for Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) Chairs of the Africa Check Foundation board in Kenya

Chairperson of the Commission on Administrative Justice (Kenyan Ombudsman)

Director of Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (EIWEN)

Senior Director at IAALS, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System

Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Advisory Group member at Judicial Integrity Network ASEAN

Second Vice-President of the International Criminal Court

Senior Partnership Manager at the International Civil Society Centre

Founding Partner, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Volunteer Mediator & Vice Chairman, Community Mediation Board, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

E-Justice & Digital Transformation, Justice Law & Order Sector, Republic of Uganda

Mediation Training Officer, Mediation Boards Commission, Ministry of Justice, Sri Lanka

Project Specialist, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

Associate Professor, Zayed University

Young Justice Leader

Magistrate of the Criminal Chamber of the Superior Tribunal of Bogotá. President of the Association of Judges and Magistrates of Colombia (CORJUSTICIA)

Executive Director at SALIGAN, Philippines

Civic Space Research Officer for the Americas for the CIVICUS Monitor

Young Justice Leader

Secretary General, Asociación Inter-americana de Defensorías Publicas (AIDEF)

Chief Sustainability Office, General Electric

Deputy Director General for Equal Treatment and Ethno-Racial Diversity, Ministry of Equality, Spain

Former Attorney-General and Minister for Legal Affairs, The Bahamas

Access to Justice Strategist, CALIBRATE Judicial Integrity Consultant, UNDP

Executive Vice President & General Counsel, LexisNexis Legal & Professional and President, LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation

Tunisia Advocacy and Legal Support Officer

Head of Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College in DC and Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy

Consultant at HelpAge International

Head of Risk and Public Policy at the Executive Secretariat of the National Anticorruption System

Executive Director, Kituo cha Sheria- Legal Advice Centre

Member of the Executive Committee and Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance of Novartis

Professor of Democracy Studies at the Hertie School in Berlin, Director of the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building (ERCAS)

National Convener of Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA)

Civic Space Research Officer for Europe & Central Asia for the CIVICUS Monitor

Senior Advisor, The Carter Center

Executive Director, Alaska Legal Services Corporation

Executive Director, National Whistleblower Center

Executive Director of the Chandler Institute of Governance

Mediation Training Officer, Mediation Boards Commission, Ministry of Justice, Sri Lanka

Justice Program Manager, UNDP

Consultant UN Women- Rule of Law/Access to Justice Executive Secretary, Malawi Human Rights Commission

Magistrate of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Guerrero, Mexico, member of the Mexican Association of Women Judges and Magistrates, the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) and the Mexican Chapter of the IAWJ

UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) Senior Intersectionality Fellow

Member of Parliament, National Assembly and Nairobi County Nairobi Woman Representative

Chief Research Officer, World Justice Project

Program Officer at KOSHISH Nepal

Head of the Office of Civil & Criminal Justice Reform, the Commonwealth Secretariat

Senior Specialist, The World Bank

Shareholder Butzel Long, Ann Arbor, MI

Researcher, Transparency International – Brazil

Senior Fellow and Advisor, Center on International Cooperation– New York University (NYU/CIC) / Pathfinders

President and Associate Secretary of Surjodoy Child Forum

Judge of the Ninth Criminal Trial Court of Guatemala City. Vice President of the Guatemalan Association of Judges for Integrity (AGJI)

Inequality & Exclusion Program Lead, Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies

Head of Programmes for Inclusive Governance at VSO Nepal

Senior Policy Advisor for Health for Asia and the Middle East, Swedish International Development Corporation Agency (SIDA)

Head of International Affairs, Dutch Ombudsman

Director, General Secretariat of INTOSAI (International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions)

Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation

Co-Chair, Business Law Section, American Bar Association, Rule of Law Working Group

Senior Director for Local to Global Advocacy and Impact at World Vision International

Senior Associate at Dentons Muñoz Costa Rica in San José

Research Specialist, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)

Founder of YAPESDI (Yayasan Peduli Sindroma Down Indonesia, or Down Syndrome Care Foundation Indonesia)

Director of Social Investment of the Chandler Foundation

Senior Policy Advisor, Sustainable Development, United Nations Association of the National Capital Area

Baker McKenzie, Partner and Executive Director of Pro Bono

Co-Chair for Leave No One Behind in Malawi Technical Director at CSC Consulting

Assistant Director and Head of ISSAT DCAF – Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Member, Black Lives Matter UK

Programme Officer- Transparency and Access to Information, ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa

Sustainability Director at NIBC Bank

Senior U.S. District Court Judge and Chair of Integrity Initiatives International

Executive Director, Whistleblowing International

World Justice Challenge Judges

Board Member, CIVICUS Alliance

Director-General, International Development Law Organization (IDLO)

General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation

Vice President of the World Leadership Alliance Club de Madrid, and Co-Chair of the Inter-American Dialogue

Member of The Elders

Editor-in-Chief, CityPress, South Africa / Board of Directors, World Justice Project

United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit / Board of Directors, World Justice Project

Former Minister for International Development Cooperation, Government of The Netherlands

Former President, American Bar Association / Board of Directors, World Justice Project

Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati