Governance

THE BUREAU MEMBERS

Emmanuel DECAUX, President

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

Daniele ALEXANDRE, Vice Presidente

    • Professor Emeritus in Legal, Political and Social Sciences and Technology at the University of Strasbourg
    • Knight of the Legion of Honor and Commander of the Order of Academic Palms

Luis JIMENA QUESADA, Secretary General

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

Jacqueline FLAUSS, Treasurer

    • Professor Emeritus of Private Law at the University of Picardie
    • Knight of the Legion of Honor and the Academic Palms
    • President of the Association of Friends of the René Cassin Foundation

In his quality of former President of the René Cassin Foundation – International Institute of Human Rights, Jean-Paul COSTA was elected Honorary President

  • Former President of the European Court of Human Rights
  • Honorary Councellor of State
  • Commander of the Légion d’Honneur and Grand Officier of the National Order of Merit

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: It consists of 15 members representing 5 college boards

A college of two founding members: 

    • The International Institute of Human Rigthts
    • 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 of Friends of the René Cassin Foundation: 

    • Jacqueline FLAUSS 
    • Mustapha AFROUKH

THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

This international committee provides advice 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 Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law and Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Law at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
    • Sub-director of the Master in International Relations at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA)

Hajer GUELDICH (Tunisia)

    • Associate Professor of Public International Law at the University of Carthage,
    • Chairperson 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
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Emilie PRADICHIT (Thaïland)

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

Aurélia SCHAHMANECHE (France)

    • Professor of public law at the Julie-Victoire Daubié Law School of the Université Lumière Lyon 2

THE ETHICS COMMITTEE

This committee is a collegial body specifically responsible for conducting its own reflection and a critical review process in order 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 operate.

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 European Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe

Mrs Elisabeth LAURIN

  • Former ambassador, former representative of France to the international organizations in Geneva

Mr Jean-Baptiste MATTEI

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

Mr Christophe PETTITI

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

Mrs Nicole QUESTIAUX

  • Honorary Section President of the Council of State
  • Former Minister of National Solidarity
  • Former President of the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights.

The Honour Committee

The Honour Committee is composed of eminent personalities who have contributed to the influence of the work of René Cassin. A true moral authority, this committee guarantees the independence of the Foundation, in line with the statutes and in fidelity to the ideal of justice and peace which inspired the exemplary life of René Cassin in the service of human rights and human dignity.

Ronny ABRAHAM

  • Judge and former President of the International Court of Justice

Danièle ALEXANDRE

  • Professor emeritus of the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg
  • Knight of the Legion of Honor and Commander of the Order of Academic Palms

Audrey AZOULAY

  • General Director of UNESCO

Robert BADINTER

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

Yahd BEN ACHOUR

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

 Alain BERTHOZ

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

Marc BOSSUYT

  • Professor Emeritus of the University of Antwerp
  • President Emeritus of the Constitutional Court of Belgium
  • Member of the CERD
  • Former President 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 Advisor to the Court of Cassation
  • Former President of the Human Rights Committee

Bruno COTTE

  • Honorary President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation
  • Former member of the International Criminal Court
  • Member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences

Mireille DELMAS-MARTY (d)

  • Honorary Professor at the Collège de France
  • Member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences

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 of the National University of Benin

Yves GAUDEMET

  • Professor Emeritus of the University Panthéon-Assas Paris II
  • Member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences

Régis de GOUTTES

  • First Honorary General Counsel at the Court of Cassation
  • Former President of the CERD
  • Member of ECRI

 Yuji IWASAWA

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

Catherine KESSEDJIAN

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

Christine LAZERGES

  • Professor Emeritus of the University Panthéon-Sorbonne Paris I
  • Former President of the 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 at UQAM

Vitit MUNTARBHORN

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

Monica PINTO

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

Nicole QUESTIAUX

  • Former Minister of National Solidarity
  • Honorary Section President of the Council of State
  • 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 Counselor

Jean-Marc SAUVE

  • Former Vice President of the State Council

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 President of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State
  • Member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences

Francis TEITGEN

  • Former President of the Paris Bar Association

Christian TOMUSCHAT

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

Jean WALINE (d)

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

Leila ZERROUGUI

  • Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Children in Armed Conflict
  • Former President-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, former member of the Sub-Commission on Human Rights