The members of the Commission are:
Holger Federico Martinsen (Argentina), Sukhbold Sukhee (Mongolia), Rachid Belhadj (Algeria), Vaios Koutroulis (Belgium).
Mohamed Mahmoud Al Kamali (United Arab Emirates), Thilo Marauhn (Germany, President), Alfredo Labbé (Chile), Mateus Kowalski (Portugal), Robin McNeill Love (United Kingdom).
Noor Ibrahim Al-Sada (Qatar), Dyanne Marenco Gonzalez (Costa Rica), Åsa Molde (Sweden), Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza (Poland), Katarína Šmigová (Slovakia), Tatiana Eddie Razafindravao (Madagascar).
The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) held its Annual meeting in Geneva from 8 to 10 June 2026.
Building on the lessons learned from the good offices mission offered to the Government of Poland, the members discussed potential future good offices mandates. The members also took the opportunity to discuss current challenges of fact-finding in the context of conduct of hostilities, and the role and expertise of the IHFFC in this regard.
In light of the Commission’s 5-yearly election, the members discussed the handover of their expertise and good practices to the newly elected commission members. The election will take place in November 2026 in Bern, Switzerland. Throughout the annual meeting, the members met and discussed with Thomas Gürber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations and other international organization, Marco Sassòli, Emeritus Professor in Public International Law at the University of Geneva, Philip Grant, TRIAL International's Executive Director, Cordula Droege, Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Division of the ICRC.
This year’s Annual Meeting also provided an opportunity for the Commission to adopt its first operational guidelines and reflect on the role of the IHFFC regarding current challenges of IHL.
