Committees

Board of Directors

Members of the Board include experts on Chechnya and the Caucasus and major figures in the international human rights and justice movements. Charged with general oversight and governance of Russian Justice Initiative, board members lend their professional expertise to and act as the public face of the organization.

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. Founder of the Russian Justice Initiative and former director of the Moscow office of Human Rights Watch, Mr. Lohman is the author of multiple reports on human rights violations in Chechnya.

Committee of Recommendation

Members of the Committee of Recommendation include internationally renowned human rights activists, journalists, public intellectuals, and policy-makers, all of whom have made significant contributions to the field of human rights. Voices of moral authority within their respective countries and the international community, they serve as the organization’s moral compass, guiding and supporting the mission.

Lyudmila Alekseeva, President, Moscow Helsinki Group and International Helsinki Federation
Rainer Eppelmann, Writer
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

Members of the Advisory Committee are legal experts specializing in various aspects of international law, the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, and/or Russian law. They provide legal counsel and practical and theoretical advice to RJI.

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