Members of the Institute are of different nationalities. In accordance with the Statutes, they are persons that have particularly distinguished themselves through competence or activities in fields of specific interest to the Organisation.  Institutions significantly contributing to the work of the Institute may also be admitted as members. Qualified persons and academic institutions, as also nations and international intergovernmental organisations contributing to the activities of the Institute, may be admitted as Associate members but may not vote.

The General Assembly establishes and guides the general policy of the Institute.

The Council, which is elected by the General Assembly, oversees the management of the Institute, determining the programme of activities. It elects the President and Vice-Presidents, and appoints the Secretary-General and Treasurer, who then form the Executive Board.

 

The Council

Amb. Maurizio MORENO, Italy, President (Former Permanent Representative to NATO)

• Dr. Mohammed AL-HADID, Jordan (Chairman of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent)
• Dr. Mario BETTATI, France, (Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Brig. Erwin DAHINDEN, Switzerland (Director of International Relations of the Swiss Armed Forces)
• Prof. Yoram DINSTEIN, Israel (Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University)
• Prof. Jacques FORSTER, Switzerland (Professor Emeritus at the Geneva Graduate Institute of Development Studies)
• Prof. Wolff HEINTSCHEL von HEINEGG, Germany (Professor at Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder)
• Dr. Marie JACOBSSON, Sweden (Principal Legal Adviser on International Law to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Dr. Michael MEYER, United Kingdom (Head of International Law at the British Red Cross)
• Mrs Ndioro NDIAYE, Senegal(Deputy Director, International Organization for Migration)
• Judge Hisashi OWADA, Japan (International Court of Justice)
• Prof. William H. TAFT IV, USA (Warren Christopher Professor of the Practice of International Law and Diplomacy at Stanford Law School)
  
• Dr. Stefania BALDINI, Secretary-General