Staff, Board, and Committees

Staff

Ingushetia

Tanzila Arsamakova, research assistant
Arsen Sakalov, Ingushetia coordinator
Suleiman Katsiev, lawyer
Dokka Itslaev, lawyer (part-time)
Anastasia Maltseva, lawyer

Moscow

Jane M. Buchanan, executive director
Elena Ejova, Moscow representative office director and lawyer
Olga Ejova, office manager/ legal assistant
Andrei Nikolaev, lawyer
Ludmila Polshikova, legal assistant

Governing Board

The Governing Board is charged with the overall direction and governance of the Chechnya Justice Project. Members of the board lend professional expertise to the organization, assist in fundraising endeavors, and act as a public face for the organization. The board meets four times a year and delegates responsibility for day-to-day operations to the staff. The executive director reports to the governing board.

Chair

Jan ter Laak, Netherlands Helsinki Committee

Treasurer

Egbert G.Ch. Wesselink, Pax Christi Netherlands

Members

Aage Borchgrevink, Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Holly Cartner, International Helsinki Federation

Senior Advisor to the board

Diederik de Savornin Lohman, Human Rights Watch

Committee of Recommendation

The Chechnya Justice Project also maintains a committee of recommendation, which consists of individuals from around Europe who have made significant contributions in the field of human rights. This committee, which demonstrates the support enjoyed by the Chechnya Justice Project in the international community, has no governing or advisory responsibilities in the organization. Rather, the committee literally “recommends” the Chechnya Justice Initiative by virtue of its members’ high standing as internationally recognized human rights activists, journalists, policymakers, and others in positions of moral authority.

Lyudmila Alekseeva, President, Moscow Helsinki Group and International Helsinki Federation
Rainer Eppelmann, Member, German Bundestag (CDU/CSU)
André Glucksman, Philosopher
Erik Jurgens, Dutch Senator and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Nataša Kandić, Humanitarian Law Center, Belgrade
Markus Meckel, Member, German Bundestag (SDP)
Nathalie Nougayrede, Le Monde
Lord Russell-Johnston, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (formerly President)

Advisory Committee

In order to ensure the highest quality work, the Chechnya Justice Project regularly consults with experts on Russian law, the European Convention on Human Rights, and proceedings before the European Court. The project has established an advisory committee, made up of legal academics and experienced international lawyers who take an active role in advising the project on legal issues.

Anne Bouillon, Avocats sans Frontières France
Professor William Bowring, London Metropolitan University Faculty of Law
Professor André Nollkaemper, University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law
Gareth Peirce, Birnberg, Peirce and Partners, London
Maria K. Pulzetti, Founding Executive Director, Chechnya Justice Project
Ruslan Yandarov, Moscow Bar Association

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