Human Rights Expert Members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

Erik Møse, Chair (Norway)

Erik Møse (Norway) is a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights, former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and a former judge of the Supreme Court of Norway. He is an expert in international human rights law and international criminal law. He chaired the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Human Rights, the expert committee drafting the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and has published extensively on human rights. Having presided over an international criminal tribunal, he has a profound understanding of human rights investigations and the collection of evidence.

Pablo de Greiff (Colombia)

Pablo de Greiff (Colombia) was the first Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence (2012-2018). He holds a PhD in Political Theory. He has combined a distinguished academic career with a long trajectory as a practitioner, advising multilateral and national institutions and civil society organizations on justice issues in countries around the globe. From 2001 to 2014 he was Director of Research at the International Centre for Transitional Justice. Since 2014 has been Senior Fellow and Director of the Transitional Justice Program at the Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice at the School of Law, New York University.

Vrinda Grover (India)

Vrinda Grover is a practicing advocate in India with more than 30 years of experience in litigating constitutional law, criminal law and human rights. She was a member of the UN Women Asia Pacific Regional Civil Society Advisory Group (2012-2016). In 2012, she participated in a fact-finding mission of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in the Philippines to investigate the situation of human rights defenders in the country. Currently serving as the Chair of the Board of the International Service for Human Rights, she is also a founding member and independent expert of the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN.

Jasminka Džumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Jasminka Džumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is the Human Rights Ombudsperson of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She holds a doctorate in law and has more than 30 years of experience of the judiciary, human rights and international relations. From 2016 to 2019, she was a member of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and also served as its Vice-Chairperson. From 2007 to 2008 she discharged the duties of the Regional Program of Justice and Civil Society Coordinator at Western Balkans within the International Commission on Missing Persons. Furthermore, from 2010 to 2015, she was the first female member of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances since its establishment in 1980 and, in 2014-15, she was Vice-Chairperson.