The Institute is composed of six statury bodies namely the General Assembly, the President, the Council, the Executive Board, the Secretary-General and the Treasurer.
Members of the Institute are of different nationalities. They are persons that have particularly distinguished themselves through competence or activities in fields of specific interest to the Organisation. Institutions significantly contributing to the work of the Institute may also be admitted as members. Qualified persons and academic institutions, as also nations and international intergovernmental organisations contributing to the activities of the Institute, may be admitted as Associate members but may not vote.
The General Assembly, including all Members of the Institute, establishes the general policy of the Institute. It meets in an ordinary session each year to approve the annual budget and final accounts.
The Council is composed of twelve members elected by the General Assembly for a period of four years, each of whom may be re-elected for a total period of twelve consecutive years. The Council oversees the management of the Institute, determining the programme of activities, elects the President and Vice-Presidents and appoints the Secretary-General and Treasurer, who then form the Executive Board. The Municipality of Sanremo and the Italian Red Cross are ex officio members of the Council of the Institute.
The President is elected by the Council every four years and may be re-elected for a second consecutive term up to a maximum of eight consecutive years. The President is the Chief Executive Officer of the Institute and has the primary responsibility to ensure that the Institute pursues its purpose and objectives in conformity with the Statutes and the general policy established by the General Assembly. Current President of the Institute is Professor Edoardo Greppi.
The financial resources of the Institute include membership fees, course participant fees, voluntary contributions of Governments, Institutions or Organisations, and subsidies, bequests or donations. The financial resources of the Institute are modest if compared with the extent of its commitment and activity in a field of increasing interest to the international community.
PRESIDENT*
- Professor Edoardo GREPPI
Professor of International Law and International Humanitarian Law, Department of Law, University of Turin
HONORARY PRESIDENT*
- Professor Fausto POCAR
Former President, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Emeritus Professor, University of Milan
VICE PRESIDENTS*
- Lieutenant General (retd) Giorgio BATTISTI (Italy), former Commanding General of Italian Army Training and Doctrine Command
- Ms Claire LEGRAS, (France) Director for Legal Affairs at the General Secretariat of the French Ministry of Defence
- Ambassador Marja LEHTO (Finland), Ambassador, Senior Expert of International Law, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
- Colonel Carl MARCHAND (Switzerland), Head, IHL and Human Rights Section, Swiss Armed Forces
COUNCIL MEMBERS*
- Brigadier General Dr. Karl EDLINGER (Austria), Legal Adviser, Austrian Armed Forces
- Associate Professor Chris JENKS (USA) SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas
- Professor Nils MELZER (Switzerland), Director of International Law, Policy & Humanitarian Diplomacy, ICRC; Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights
- Mr. Anthony MORRIS, (UNHCR), Chief Learning Officer, Global Learning and Development Centre
- Dr. Heike SPIEKER (Germany), Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division, German Red Cross
- Brigadier General (retd) Jan Peter SPIJK (The Netherlands) Honorary President, International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
- Brigadier General Darren STEWART OBE (United Kingdom), Head, Operational Law, British Army Headquarters
- Professor Bakhtiyar TUZMUKHAMEDOV (Russia) Vice-President of the Russian Association of International Law
- Professor Gabriella VENTURINI (Italy) Professor Emerita, University of Milan
- MUNICIPALITY OF SANREMO (ex officio member)
- ITALIAN RED CROSS (ex officio member)
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- Ms Stefania BALDINI, Secretary-General **
- Mr. Mauro GIANCATERINO, Treasurer