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Board of Directors and Officers
The Board of Directors of the IICI is the governing body of the Institute. Its members are experts from around the world, from disciplines relevant to capacity-building, conducting investigations into violations of international criminal, humanitarian and human rights law, and the governance of institutions.
Bernard O’Donnell ‐ President
Bernard (Bernie) O’Donnell is the President of IICI. Bernie’s career spans more than 40 years working in a wide range of investigation and oversight roles internationally. Concurrently with this role, he is the Chair of the Sanctions (appellate) Panel at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank […]
John Ralston – Vice-President
John Ralston is the Vice-President of IICI. He was the Executive Director of IICI from 2003 to 2016.
William Schabas ‐ Chairperson
William Schabas is the Chairperson of IICI. He is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He is also professor emeritus at Leiden University and the University Galway. He holds an MA degree in history from the University of Toronto and an LLD […]
Monica Mächler – Treasurer (IICIF)
Monica Mächler is the Treasurer of IICI Foundation (Netherlands). She is on the board of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd., Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. and Cembra Money Bank Ltd. She is a member of the governing body of the Europa Institut at the University of Zurich, […]
Heather Ryan
Heather Ryan is a retired attorney who worked in the field of international criminal law for 20 years, including as the Open Society Justice Initiative’s representative in Cambodia, monitoring the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Colonel Ian Byrne DSM (Retd) – Secretary
Colonel Ian Byrne DSM (Retd) is IICI’s Secretary. He has 38 years’ service in the Irish Defence Forces, most notably as Director of Military Police and Provost Marshal directing all investigations, and previously as the Senior Staff Officer for International Security and Defence Policy. He […]
Nancy Pemberton
Nancy Pemberton is a retired attorney, investigator, and mitigation specialist residing in Northern California. For 30 years, she conducted capital and non-capital investigations throughout the United States and internationally for trial and post-trial stages of litigation. She has been a frequent presenter at continuing legal education […]
Colonel Bernard Markey
Bernard Markey is a retired Army Colonel from the Irish Defence Forces. He served as a Military Police Officer both at home in Ireland and overseas. During his career he completed a variety of Military Police courses including the Senior NATO Military Police Officers Course […]
Catherine Cissé van den Muijsenbergh
Catherine Cissé van den Muijsenbergh studied literature and international law. She holds an MA degree in international law from the University of Pantheon Sorbonne (Paris I). She worked as a lawyer at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), the European Union and the […]
David Tolbert
David Tolbert has served on several international tribunals as the Registrar for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon; as a Special Expert to the UN Secretary-General on UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials; and as Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the ICTY. He was also the principal […]
Delia Chatoor
Delia Chatoor is a retired foreign service officer in the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago. Before and following her retirement, she has delivered lectures on international humanitarian law and international diplomacy, domestically and internationally. She is a life member of […]
Dermot Groome
Dermot Groome is a Professor of Law and Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law. Prior to teaching, Groome spent over 11 years as a senior prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) where he led […]
Kaoru Okuizumi
Kaoru Okuizumi is the Deputy Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM). She was previously the Director of the UN Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict, which was established by the Security Council to assist national […]
Kim Smit
Kim Smit is a non-executive director with supervisory board roles in – among others – health care, biotech, supply chain and production of nuclear medical isotopes. Former CFO/member of the Executive Board of Directors at the Leiden University Medical Center and former CFO of a large […]
Patrick D. Robbins – Treasurer (IICI)
Patrick Robbins is the Treasurer of IICI (USA). He served as the Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of California in 2025. Prior to that, he was the Office’s First Assistant U.S. Attorney beginning in 2023, and an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1995 […]
Paula Anderson
Paula Anderson is a partner in the Global Litigation and Investigations practice at the international law firm Allen& Overy Shearman and Sterling, where she leads the firm’s US Commercial Litigation practice. Her practice encompasses global investigations, anticorruption, sanctions and anti-money laundering compliance, cross-border disputes, M&A-related […]
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IICI Staff and Long-Term Consultants
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Recent IICI Trainers, Mentors and Contributors
- Alexa Koenig
- Brian Nguyen
- Bruce Bursik
- Carrie Comer
- Ceren Fitoz
- Crofton Black
- Danil Cuffe
- Dean Manning
- Emmanuelle Marchand
- Erin Gallagher
- Gabriel Oosthuizen
- Gabriel Shapiro
- Gregory Townsend
- Helena Rodríguez-Bronchú
- Henriette Stratmann
- James Bevan
- James Hyatt
- Julia Korkman
- Koen Kluessien
- Lada Soljan
- Liliana Todorovic-Sudetic
- Lindsay Freeman
- Maggie Andresen
- Marc Garlasco
- Maria Pimentel Biscaia
- Mariana Gutiérrez
- Mark Watson
- MartaValinas
- Max Marcus
- Mike Moulden
- NatashaVicary-Roeder
- Nenna Ndukwe
- Paloma Soria Montanez
- Patricia Viseur Sellers
- Penny Hart
- Philip Trewhitt
- Priya Gopalan
- Ray Murphy
- Rebecca Dempster
- Roy Revie
- Shaun Galloway
- Silvia D'Ascoli
- Stephanie Barbour
- Willie Nugent
- The staff of the IICI are also assisted by a range of expert consultants hired on an as needed basis.
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Murad Code Project Team
The Murad Code Project's core-team members, other consultants and contributors, organisational partners and donors are listed on the Project website's Team page. Some individual & organisational consultants and partner organisations cannot be named.
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Council of Advisors
The Council of Advisors is composed of prestigious individuals in the field of international law. The Institute relies upon these volunteers for their expertise and advice.
Richard J. Goldstone
Richard J. Goldstone is a former Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa and a former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. From 15 August 1994 to September 1996 he served as the Chief Prosecutor of the United […]
Karen Snell
Karen L. Snell graduated from Stanford Law School in 1981. She began her legal career as a litigation associate at the San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster. From 1987 to 1989 she worked as a criminal appellate lawyer. In 1989 she joined the Federal […]
Desmond Travers
Desmond Travers is a retired Colonel of the Army of the Irish Defence Forces. His last appointment was as Commandant of its Military College. In a career spanning over forty years, he served in various command and instructional appointments in the Infantry Corps. He was […]