The office

Emmanuel DECAUX, Chairman

  • Professor Emeritus of Public Law at the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas
  • Chairman of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

Danièle ALEXANDRE, Vice-Chairwoman

  • Professor Emeritus of Private Law at the University of Strasbourg
  • Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Commandeur de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques

Luis JIMENA QUESADA, General Secretary

  • Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Valencia
  • Deputy Magistrate of the Supreme Court of the Region of Valencia

Jacqueline FLAUSS, Treasurer

  • Emeritus Professor of Private Law, Université de Picardie Jules Verne
  • Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur et de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
  • President of the Association of Friends of the René Cassin Foundation

Board of Directors: 15 members representing 5 colleges

A college of two founding members:

  • International Institute for Human Rights
  • The City of Strasbourg

A college of five ex-officio members:

  • The Minister of the Interior
  • The Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs
  • The Minister of Justice
  • The Minister of Higher Education and Research
  • The Grand Est Region

A college of five qualified personalities:

  • Emmanuel DECAUX
  • Luis JIMENA QUESADA
  • Laurence BURGORGUE-LARSEN
  • Christophe DARBOIS
  • Michel DE SALVIA

A college of employees :

  • Kathy BINGLER

A college of two members of the Association des amis de la Fondation René Cassin :

  • Jacqueline FLAUSS
  • Mustapha AFROUKH

Scientific Committee

This international committee issues opinions and recommendations on the Foundation’s projects. Its role is to validate the scientific relevance of training sessions and academic events, and to suggest research orientations.

 

Emiliano J. BUIS(Argentina)

  • Professor of International Public Law, International Humanitarian Law and Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Control Law at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
  • Deputy Director of the Master in International Relations at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)

  Hajer GUELDICH (Tunisia)

  • Associate Professor of International Public Law at Carthage University,
  • President of the African Union Commission on International Law (CUADI)

  Awalou OUEDRAOGO (Burkina Faso)

  • Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Rights and Equity Studies, York University, Canada

  Emilie PRADICHIT (Thailand)

  • International human rights lawyer
  • Expert on international human rights mechanisms

  Aurélia SCHAHMANECHE (France)

  • Professor of Public Law at the Julie-Victoire Daubié Faculty of Law, Université Lumière Lyon 2

Ethics Committee

This committee is a collegial body specifically tasked with conducting its own reflection and a critical review process to provide opinions and recommendations on the choice of partners and sponsors, taking into account the socio-political and cultural contexts of the countries in which the Foundation is likely to be involved. 

Mr Adama DIENG

  • United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
  • Former Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Mrs Isil GACHET

  • Former Director of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Former Executive Secretary of the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance

Mrs Elisabeth LAURIN

  • Former French ambassador to international organizations in Geneva

Mr Jean-Baptiste MATTEI

  • State Councillor in extraordinary service
  • Former French representative to international organizations in Geneva
  • Former Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

Mr Christophe PETTITI

  • Member of the Paris Bar
  • General Secretary of the Paris Bar Institute for Human Rights
  • Vice-President of the European Lawyers’ Institute for Human Rights

Mrs Nicole QUESTIAUX

  • Honorary President of the Conseil d’Etat section
  • Former Minister of National Solidarity
  • Former President of the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights

The Honorary Committee

The Honorary Committee is made up of eminent personalities who have contributed to the influence of René Cassin’s work. A true moral authority, this committee is the guarantor of the Foundation’s independence, in line with its statutes and in fidelity to the ideal of justice and peace that inspired René Cassin’s exemplary life in the service of human rights and human dignity.

Mr Ronny ABRAHAM

  • Judge and former President of the International Court of Justice

Ms Danièle ALEXANDRE

  • Professor Emeritus, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg
  • Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and Commandeur de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques

Ms Audrey AZOULAY

  • Director-General of UNESCO

Robert BADINTER (d)

  • Former Minister of Justice
  • Former President of the French Constitutional Council
  • Professor Emeritus, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I

Yahd BEN ACHOUR

  • Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
  • Former Dean of the Faculty of Legal Sciences, Tunis

Alain BERTHOZ

  • Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
  • Member of the French Academy of Sciences

Marc BOSSUYT

  • Professor Emeritus, University of Antwerp
  • President Emeritus of the Belgian Constitutional Court
  • CERD member
  • Former Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Nicolas BRATZA

  • Former President of the European Court of Human Rights

Antonio CANCADO TRINDADE (d)

  • Judge at the International Court of Justice

Christine CHANET

  • Honorary member of the Court of Cassation
  • Former Chairman of the Human Rights Committee

Jean-Paul COSTA (d)

  • Former Chairman of the René Cassin Foundation – International Institute of Human Rights
  • Former President of the European Court of Human Rights
  • Honorary State Councillor
  • Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur and Grand Officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite

Bruno COTTE

  • Honorary President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation
  • Former member of the International Criminal Court
  • Member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques

Mireille DELMAS-MARTY (d)

  • Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
  • Member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques

Abdou DIOUF

  • Former President of the Republic of Senegal
  • Former Secretary General of La Francophonie

Robert DOSSOU

  • Former President of the Constitutional Court
  • Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Benin

Yves GAUDEMET

  • Professor Emeritus, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II
  • Member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques

Régis de GOUTTES (d)

  • First Honorary Advocate General at the Court of Cassation
  • Former Chairman of CERD
  • Member of ECRI

Yuji IWASAWA

  • Judge at the International Court of Justice
  • Former Chairman of the Human Rights Committee
  • Former Professor at the University of Tokyo

Catherine KESSEDJIAN

  • Professor Emeritus, University of Paris II
  • Honorary President of the French branch of the International Law Association

Christine LAZERGES

  • Professor Emeritus, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I
  • Former President of the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights

Peter LEUPRECHT

  • Former Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
  • Former Dean of the Faculty of Law, McGill University
  • Associate Professor, UQAM

Vitit MUNTARBHORN

  • Professor at Chulalongkom University, Bangkok
  • Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council

Monica PINTO

  • Former Dean of the Buenos Aires Law School
  • Former Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights

Nicole QUESTIAUX

  • Former Minister of National Solidarity
  • Honorary President of the Conseil d’Etat section
  • Former member of the Sub-Commission on Human Rights

Guido RAIMONDI

  • Former President of the European Court of Human Rights
  • President of the Social Chamber of the Italian Court of Cassation

Jacques RIBS (d)

  • Honorary State Councillor

Jean-Marc SAUVE

  • Former Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat

Linos-Alexandre SICILIANOS

  • Former President of the European Court of Human Rights
  • Professor at the University of Athens

Dean SPIELMANN

  • Former President of the European Court of Human Rights

Bernard STIRN

  • Former Chairman of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Conseil d’État
  • Member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques

Francis TEITGEN

  • Former President of the Paris Bar Association

Christian TOMUSCHAT

  • Professor Emeritus, Humboldt University Berlin
  • Former member of the Human Rights Committee
  • Former Chairman of the International Law Commission
  • Former President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

Jean WALINE (d)

  • Former President of Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg
  • Honorary President of the International Institute of Human Rights

Leila ZERROUGUI

  • Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
  • Former Chairman-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, former member of the Sub-Commission on Human Rights