Champions | International Gender Champions

International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.

Lisa Helfand

Ambassador, Embassy of Canada to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands

Fatou Bensouda

Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

Sigrid Kaag

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Government of Netherlands

Fernando Arias

Director-General, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Bård Ivar Svendsen

Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy The Hague

Joanna Roper

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of the United Kingdom to The Netherlands

Carmel Agius

President, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Evelyn A. Ankumah

Executive Director, Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)

Sabra Bano

Director , Gender Concerns International

Irakli Beridze

Head, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI) Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, The Hague

Kathryne Bomberger

Director-General, International Commission for Missing Persons

Serge Brammertz

Prosecutor, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop

Ambassador , Embassy of Brazil to The Netherlands

Catherine de Bolle

Executive Director, Europol

Fidelma Donlon

Registrar, Kosovo Specialist Chambers

Chile Eboe-Osuji

President, International Criminal Court

Norman Farrell

Prosecutor, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

Naor Gilon

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Israel to The Netherlands

Andrea Gustovic-Ercegovac

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Croatia to The Netherlands

Hidehisa Horinouchi

Ambassador, Embassy of Japan to The Netherlands

Ivana Hrdlickova

President, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

Edwin Huizing

Executive Director, Hivos

Wayne Jordash

Managing Partner, Global Rights Compliance

Päivi Kaukoranta

Ambassador and Permanent Representative , Embassy of Finland to The Netherlands

Kevin Kelly

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Ireland to The Netherlands

Frances Lanitou

Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus

Dorothée Le Fraper du Hellen

Head of Defence Office , Special Tribunal for Lebanon

Peter Lewis

Registrar, International Criminal Court

Annika Markovic

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Sweden to The Netherlands

Daryl A. Mundis

Registrar, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

Matthew Neuhaus

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Australia to The Netherlands

Janne Nijman

Academic Director, T.M.C. Asser Instituut

Brândușa Predescu

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Romania to The Netherlands

I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Indonesia to The Netherlands

Melinda Reed

Executive Director, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice

Geoff Roberts

President, Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT)

Adia Sakiqi

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Albania to The Netherlands

Sanja Štiglic

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Slovenia to The Netherlands

Luis Vassy

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of France to the Netherlands

Lyndal Walker

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of New Zealand to The Netherlands