Secretariat and Support Staff

The Swiss Government provides the Commission, pursuing to Article 90, Paragraph 1, Sub-Paragraph f of the First Additional Protocol, with the necessary administrative facilities for the performance of its functions.

Thus, Switzerland assumes the Secretariat of the Commission and offers the necessary locations for its performance.

The tasks of the Secretariat tasks, inter alia, to organise all the meetings of the Commission, its promotional missions and events, attendance to international conferences, to prepare the material and administrate the website of the Commission as well as to advise the Commission if needed. The finances of the Commission are also managed by the Secretariat. The Secretariat is furthermore at the disposal of the President of the Commission for any matter concerning the Commission.

The Secretariat is composed of:

Sandra Lendenmann Winterberg

Ambassador Sandra Lendenmann Winterberg currently serves as the Deputy Director within the Directorate of International Law (DIL) at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).

Jonathan Cuénoud

Jonathan Cuénoud is Deputy Head of the Section of International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Justice within the Directorate of International Law (DIL) of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (FDFA).

Sonja Möri

Sonja Möri assists the Secretariat of the IHFFC and, in that capacity, covers all tasks related to the administration of the Commission.

Support Staff of the IHFFC:

Grace Do

Ms. Grace Do is the Commission's representative in New York. She is a regular delegate to the United Nations General Assembly meetings and the coordinator for IHFFC events and meetings in New York.