Curatorium and Administration

The Curatorium is responsible for the scientific direction of the Academy. It is composed of 18 renowned legal experts from various regions of the world. In May 2026, Prof. Linos-Alexander Sicilianos has been elected as President of the Curatorium, succeeding Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo.The Secretary-General is responsible for scientific and educational matters under the authority of the Curatorium, whose meetings and decisions he prepares and implements. He is responsible of the day-to-day management of the Academy.

President of the Curatorium

Linos-Alexander Sicilianos (Greece)

Former President of the European Court of Human Rights; Former Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Athens

Vice-President of the Curatorium

Yuko Nishitani (Japan)

Professor at Kyoto University

Members of the Curatorium

Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab (Egypt)

Professor at Cairo University & Dean of Africa Arbitration Academy

Katharina Boele-Woelki (Germany)

Professor Emerita at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg; President of the International Academy of Comparative Law

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (France)

Professor at the University of Geneva

Hannah L. Buxbaum (United States of America)

Professor at the University of California - Davis School of Law

Giuditta Cordero-Moss (Norway)

Professor at the Department for Private Law of the University of Oslo

Patrícia Galvão Teles (Portugal)

Professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon and Member of the International Law Commission

María Teresa Infante Caffi (Chile)

Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Bing Bing Jia (China)

Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Maurice Kamto (Cameroon)

Professor at Yaoundé II University

Chin Leng Lim (Malaysia)

Choh-Ming Li Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Makane Moïse Mbengue (Senegal)

Professor at the University of Geneva

Nilüfer Oral (Türkiye)

Director of the National University of Singapore Centre for International Law and Member of the International Law Commission

Nico J. Schrijver (Netherlands)

Professor Emeritus at Leiden University; State Councillor at the Netherlands Council of State

Peter Tomka (Slovakia)

Judge at and former President of the International Court of Justice

Tullio Treves (Italy)

Professor Emeritus at the State University of Milan; Senior Public International Law Consultant, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP; former Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea