Election of the 15 members of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC)

The 76 States Parties to the First Additional Protocol of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions that have accepted the competence of the Commission were invited to participate in these elections. 58 States participated in the meeting under the chairmanship of Ambassador Nathalie Marti, Vice-Director of the Directorate of Public International Law of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).

After the first ballot the following candidates were elected for a term of office of five years (in the alphabetical order of their state of origin):

Algeria                            Mr RACHID BELHADJ

Argentina                       Mr HOLGER FEDERICO MARTINSEN

Belgium                          Mr VAIOS KOUTROULIS

Chile                               Mr ALFREDO LABBÉ

Costa Rica                     Ms DYANNE MARENCO GONZALEZ

Germany                        Mr THILO MARAUHN

Madagascar                   Ms TATIANA EDDIE RAZAFINDRAVAO

Mongolia                        Mr SUKHBOLD SUKHEE 

Poland                            Ms ELŻBIETA MIKOS-SKUZA

Portugal                          Mr MATEUS KOWALSKI 

Qatar                               Ms NOOR IBRAHIM AL-SADA 

Slovakia                          Ms KATARÍNA ŠMIGOVÁ

Sweden                           Ms ÅSA MOLDE

United Arab Emirates      Mr MOHAMED AL KAMALI

United Kingdom               Mr ROBIN MCNEILL LOVE

The newly-formed Commission will enter into function at its first annual meeting planned to take place in March 2022 in Geneva. Each of its members serves in a personal capacity and on the basis of the principle of impartiality.