Speakers — The Geneva Peace Forum 2026

Christopher Bailey

Co-Founding Director, Jameel Arts and Health Lab; Honorary Senior Research Fellow

University College London

Andrea Iff

Program Manager / Deputy Head of the Democracy Section

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Pierre Van Hoeylandt

Chief Executive and Chair of the Management Board

Investing for Peace (I4P)

Hafez A. Chamat

Boundless Consultancy, Geneva — jurist in Swiss immigration and international law. Founder,

Syrian-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Tahani Abbas

Human Rights Defender and activist in Sudan

Yasmine Abdelbagi

Project Manager and MEAL Specialist at Future Generations Organization (FGO), and founder of Communities Thrive Organization (CTO)

Inclusive Peace

Nazar Abdelgadir Salih

Executive Director

Geneva Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (GIHR)

Alessandro Accorsi

Digital disinformation Advisor

Médecins Sans Frontières

A Sudanese pharmacist, climate, peace and security activist, and humanitarian leader, Mohammed has over seven years of experience working at the intersection of climate resilience, conflict response, and youth engagement.

Mohammed Adam

Chief Innovation Officer

Youth Alliance for Local Adaptation and Peace (YALAP)

Levinia Addae-Mensah is a peace and security practitioner with over 30 years experience in various themes within the field of Peace, Security, Governance and Development.

Levinia Addae-Mensah

Executive Director

WANEP, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding

Pauline Adero

Political Affairs Officer

United Nations

Niemat Ahmadi

Founder and president

Darfur Women Action Group

Yasmine M. Ahmed is a recognized leader in climate finance, sustainable development, and public sector reform, with more than 15 years of experience working at the intersection of climate policy, economic development, and international fina…

Yasmine M. Ahmed

Senior Climate Finance Advisor

Ministry of Finance, Somalia

Linda Al Obahi

Senior Political Affairs and Mediation Adviser

Peace Track Initiative

Yasser Al-Jundi

Director, Diplomatic Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates

Syrian Arab Republic

H.E. Mohamed Al-Khulaifi

State Minister

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar

Blerta Aliko is currently Deputy Assistant Administrator, Deputy Director of the Crisis Bureau and Head of the UNDP Geneva Representation Office.

Blerta Aliko

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Deputy Director of the Crisis Bureau and Head of the Geneva Representation Office

United Nations Development Programme

Ahmed Alshami

Senior Mediation Expert, Yemen

Arabian Rights Watch Association (ARWA)

Dr. Cécile Aptel

Principal Advisor

International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)

Andrews Atta-Asamoah

Senior Adviser

African Union

H.E. Muratbek Azymbakiev

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Kyrgyz Republic to the Swiss Confederation

Bertrand Baldet

Director of Programmes at SeeD

Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development (SeeD)

Sultan Barakat

Suayan Barón Melgarejo

Head of the Colombian Office

PeaceWomen Across the Globe

Monika Baum

Security Officer

Parliament Services, Parliament of Switzerland

Rayane Baydoun

Project Officer in Emergency Response and Youth

Adyan Foundation

Dr. Annyssa Bellal

Executive Director

Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and Geneva Peace Forum

Will Bennett

Senior Manager; Fellow, Centre for Armed Groups

DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Joy Bernabe

Trainer, Facilitator, Actor, and Coordinator for Playback Theater

La Maison du Récit

Elizabeth Biniya Moga

Youth Peace Mediators’ Mentoring Programme

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Sudan

H.E. Dr. Julius Maada Bio

President

Republic of Sierra Leone and former Chair of ECOWAS

Adam Bonaa

Executive Secretary,

National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons, Ghana

Inês Bravo Figueiredo

Co-President

Volt Europa

Tonni Ann Brodber joined the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) as the Head of the Secretariat in October 2024.

Tonni Ann Brodber

Head of Secretariat

Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund

Elise Buckle

CEO

Climate Bridges

Maryam Bukar Hassan

Global Advocate for Peace

United Nations

Sofia Burtak is President of the Rural Women Business Network (RWBN), a Ukrainian association advancing the rights, economic opportunities, and leadership of women in rural communities.

Sofia Burtak

President

Rural Women Business Network in Ukraine

Anne-Marie Buzatu

Executive Director

ICT4Peace Foundation

Cecilia Cannon

Founder, Managing Director & Senior Policy Analyst

Polisync

Natasha Carmi

Senior Water-Peace Programme Manager

Geneva Water Hub

Ambassador Michele Cervone d’Urso

Ambassador and Deputy Head

European Union Delegation to the United Nations and other organisations in Geneva

Nedra Cherif is a political analyst and Associate Expert at the Mediterranean Platform with a decade of experience in the field of democracy and peacebuilding.

Nedra Cherif

Associate Expert

Mediterranean Platform

Fabian Chiquet

Director of IMAGINE PEACE

Milan Film AG

Ambassador Nathalie Chuard

Director

DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

Guila Clara Kessous

UNESCO Artist for Peace

UNESCO

Dr. Govinda Clayton

Thematic Lead, Ceasefire and Security Arrangements at Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Virginie Collombier is a political scientist and practitioner with over twenty years of academic and policy experience in governance, conflict transformation, and diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on…

Virginie Collombier

President and co-founder

Mediterranean Platform

Jennifer Colville

Digital and Innovation Advisor and Facilitator of the UNDP Global Leadership Academy for Women in the Digital Era

Lorenzo Consalvi

Undergraduate researcher

AURORA International Study Center for Neurosciences, Diversity, Peace & Innovation

Chris Coulter

Executive Director

Berghof Foundation

Julie Crenn

Communication Specialist

Fondation Hirondelle

Nakmak DOUTI

Senior Expert Security Sector Governance

University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar

Nils DUQUET

Director

Flemish Peace Institute

Awa Dabo

United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Robert Dann

Principal Political Affairs Officer

Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria

Mark Daou MP

Member of Parliament

Lebanese Republic

Dr. Adam Day

Head of Office at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research Geneva (UNU CPR)

Katrien De Pauw

General Representative of the Delegation of Flanders, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva

Élisabeth Decrey Warner

Director

Geneva Conventions World Tour

Benedetta Di Donato

Junior researcher

AURORA International Study Center for Neurosciences, Diversity, Peace & Innovation

Alexandra Dienes

Senior Researcher

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

Dany Diogo

Geneva Peace Forum Lead

Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Natalia Djandjgava

Country Manager (Moldova)

CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Piero Dominici

UNESCO IPL Expert and official Delegation to UNESCO

University of Perugia

Dr. Cordula Droege

Director of International Law, Movement and Partnerships

International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

Alain Délétroz

Director

Geneva Call

Enya Echeng is the Deputy Executive Director of the Youth Organisation for Research and Justice Advocacy (YORJA), a youth-led organisation advancing transitional justice, human rights, peacebuilding and meaningful youth participation…

Enya Echeng

Founding Trustee and the Deputy Executive Director

Youth Organisation for Research and Justice Advocacy

Abraham Ekoko-Esseau

Permanent Representative of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and Head of the ECCAS Liaison Office in Addis Ababa

African Union

Dr. Kamel El Hilali works as an AI & the Rule of Law Specialist at UNESCO where he develops the training programme and tools offered to judicial operators (judges, prosecutors, court staff, lawyers and scholars) across the globe on AI, …

Kamel El Hilali

AI & the Rule of Law Specialist, Digital Policies and Digital Transformation Section, Communication and Information Sector

UNESCO

Zakari Emmanuel

UNDP winner of the Creatives4Peace Youth Online Innovation Challenge

Ambassador Tim Enderlin

Head of the Peace and Human Rights Division

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Digital Humanities and Multilateralism (CDHM)

Geneva Graduate Institute

Nicolas FLORQUIN

Head of Data and Analytics

Small Arms Survey

H.E. Alexandre Fasel

State Secretary

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Kate Fearon

Director of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre

Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Ambassador David Fernandez Puyana

Ambassador and Permanent Observer University for Peace to the UN Office at Geneva and Vienna & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO in Paris.

Caterina Ferrara

Scientific Director

AURORA International Study Center for Neurosciences, Diversity, Peace & Innovation

Christopher Forst

Director

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Geneva (FES)

Sidonia Gabriel

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Paola Gaeta

Professor of International Law

Geneva Graduate Institute

Lakhdar Ghettas

Program Manager

CPI Geneva

Kate Gilmore

Former UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Celine Giuliani

System Strategist, Art.of.Synergies & Research Associate

ODI Global

Mariana González Mejía

Founder, NextGen Governance Lab (in development); Previously GCSP; EU Youth Dialogue Ambassador via the Youth Council of Spain.

Laura Gowen

Founding Director and Curator

GOWEN Gallery

Ambassador Thomas Greminger

Executive Director

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

Mariana Groba Gomes

Senior Women Peace and Security Advisor

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Hesta Groenewald

Senior International Associate

PeaceNexus Foundation

Alexey Gromyko

Director of the Institute of Europe

The Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Alessia Gualtieri

Senior Legal Officer

The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights

Rafael José Gude is a consultant with the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)'s Programme on Organised Crime and Peacemaking, focused on the potential of peacemaking with gangs and other criminalised armed organisations.

Rafael Gude

Organised Crime and Peacemaking Consultant

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Ursign HOFMANN

Senior Researcher

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

H.E. Major General Dr. Rashed Hamad Al Nuaimi is Major General and Director of the Strategic Studies Center (SSC) in Qatar.

Rashed Hamad Al-Naemi

Commander of the Strategic Studies Centre, Qatar

David Harland

Executive Director

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Alison Harley

Director, Conservation in Fragile and Conflict-affected Setting

WWF International

Peter Harling

Founder and Director

Synaps

Najia Hashemee

Advisor, Democratic Institutions and Processes in the Digital Era

Dr. Pierre Hazan is a senior advisor at the Center for Humanitarian Dialogues. He specializes in issues of justice, amnesty, truth commissions, and reparations. He was a fellow at Harvard Law School.

Pierre Hazan

Senior Advisor at Geneva Peacebuilding Platform

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Sara Hellmüller

Co-Director, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP)

Geneva Graduate Institute

Mgr Héctor Fabio Henao Gaviria

Director of FICONPAZ

Dr. Nathalie Herlemont

Executive Director

The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Emanuel Hermann

Manager, Programme on Organised Crime and Peacemaking

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Renata Hessmann Dalaqua

Head of Integrated Approaches

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Joane Holliger

Roving Human Security Adviser, at the Peace and Human Rights Division (PHRD)

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Alona Horova

Head

Institute for Peace and Common Ground

Christina Horváth Stenner

Head of Unit Europe

Berghof Foundation

Judith Huppertz

Special Assistant to the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political)

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Kabul

Pamela F. Husain

Co-Director

The Centre for HDP Nexus Solutions

Genna Ingold

Head of Communications

Kofi Annan Foundation

Sulaima Ishaq Elkhalifa Sharif is a psychologist and trauma specialist who leads the Combating Violence Against Women Unit at Sudan’s Ministry of Social Development.

Sulaima Ishaq Elkhalifa Sharif

Federal Minister and the President of the Women and Children Consultative Council

Formal State Minister of Human Resources and Social Development | Psychologist | GBV & MHPSS Expert

Fatou Jah

Chief, Peace, Recovery and Solutions Division (PRSD), Department of Humanitarian Response and Recovery (DHRR)

International Organization for Migration

Lindsey Jones

Senior Climate Change Specialist

The World Bank

Paula Jou Fuster is a feminist researcher and activist, a member of WILPF Spain an active member of the Young WILPF Network.

Paula Jou Fuster

Young WILPF member

WILPF Spain Section

Shirin Jurdi

WILPF-Lebanon

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF

Itonde Kakoma

President of Interpeace

Interpeace

H.E. Idibek Kalandar (TBC)

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

The Republic of Tajikistan

Nadia Alexandra Kalb

Deputy Permanent Representative

Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations Office and specialized institutions in Geneva

Utchang Kang

Programme Manager at Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Amrita Kapur

Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF

Walter Kemp

Senior Strategy Advisor

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

Hichem Khadhraoui

Executive Director

Center for Civilians in Conflict

Julien Kinic

Board Member

Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets, SIFEM

Nirina Kiplagat Nirina Kiplagat has over 20 years of development experience engaged in various development contexts in the fields of peacebuilding, conflict prevention and governance.

Nirina Kiplagat

Governance and Peacebuilding Coordinator for Africa

United Nations Development Programme

Dominique Koffy Kouacou is the Head of the Emergency and Resilience Team at the FAO Subregional Office for West Africa and the Sahel.

Kouacou Dominique Koffy

FAO Representative Mali (a.i.) and Head of Emergency and Resilience Team (a.i), Sub-Regional Office West Africa and the Sahel (SFW)

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Stéphanie Koury

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs

United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)

Seif Kousmate

Artist

Vanja Kovac

Senior Advisor Gender, Inclusion and Child Protection

Center for Civilians in Conflict: Civic

Grâce F. Kpohazounde

Peace and Development Advisor in Nigeria

Joint UNDP-DPPA Programme

Tetiana Kyselova

Associate Professor

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Dr. Müge Kökten Finkel

Director, Ford Institute for Human Security; Associate Professor

University of Pittsburg

Stefanie Küng

Chief of Staff of the Peace and Human Rights Division

Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

H.E. Amb. Zaheer Laher

Ambassador and Permanent Representative

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Wendyam Hervé Lankoandé

Fellow, International Geneva Peace Fellowship

World Council of Churches

David Lanz

Deputy Director for Mediation Support and Policy

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Ambassador Antje Leendertse

Ambassador and Permanent Representative

Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in Geneva

Richard Lennane

Disarmament Adviser in the Legal Division

International Committee of the Red Cross

  Rebecca Liron is Deputy Director for Humanitarian Response at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), leading CGI's humanitarian response portfolio and mobilizing partnerships for locally led responses to humanitarian crises.

Rebecca Liron

Deputy Director, Humanitarian Response

Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)

Christopher Lockyear

Former Secretary General

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Philipp Lustenberger

Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Ambassador Peter MacDougall

Ambassador and Permanent Representative

Canada to the United Nations in Geneva

Aloys Mahwa

Country Director

Living Peace Institute (LPI)

Ousmane Mamoudou

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Head of the Digital Desk

Studio Kalangou

Elham Manea

Adjunct Professor of Political Science

University of Zurich

Miara Fatima M. Mapandi

Lead Convenor

Generation Peace Youth Network (GenPeace)

Mr. Dmitry Mariyasin is Deputy Executive Secretary of UNECE.

Dmitry Mariyasin

Deputy Executive Secretary

UN Economic Commission for Europe

Nicolas Masson is a Swiss diplomat with 20+ years (mostly field) experience in diplomacy, international cooperation, peace mediation and humanitarian affairs. His main geographical area of expertise is the Middle East.

Nicolas Masson

Head of the Mediation & Dialogue Section

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Iacopo Matteacci

Junior researcher

AURORA International Study Center for Neurosciences, Diversity, Peace & Innovation

Haggai Maunze

Head of Strategic Development, Studies and Projects Unit

North Mozambique Development Agency (ADIN)

Flavio Meroni

Switzerland’s Deputy Head of Mission at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran between 1979–1981

Yaroslav Minkin

Founder

STAN Ukraine

Kat Morse

Acting Head of Solutions Hub

Globethics

Eline Morsink

Strategic Advisor on Social Affairs at the Municipality of The Hague and a Visiting Policy Officer

The Global Cities Hub

Denis Mukwege

Gynaecologist; Human Rights Activist; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2018); Member of The Elders

Alexander Munafò

Head of Humanitarian Diplomacy and Communications

Geneva Call

Filippo Musca

Director

The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights

Sanela Music Lee

Founder, SANCHILD Foundation ; Rotary International Representative at UN Geneva

SANCHILD Foundation

Lisa Müller-Dormann

Policy Adviser

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Geneva (FES)

Farima Nawabi

Executive Director

Afghanistan Brain Bridge

Sepideh Nayemi

Head of International Cooperation and Public Awareness

Office Cantonal de l’Eau, Département du Territoire, Etat de Genève, République et Canton de Genève

Lama Nazeeh

Advocacy Manager

7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media

Jean Marie Ndihokubwayo is a peace artist, audiovisual researcher, and award-winning filmmaker from Burundi. For over two decades, he has worked at the crossroads of storytelling, civic technology, and social transformation.

Jean Marie Ndihokubwayo

Filmmaker & Audiovisual researcher

Build Up

Mr. Niokhor Ndour is an agronomist by training, with a Master in water resources management and a Master in project management. He works as the Secretary General of the Senegal Basin Development Organisation (OMVS).

Niokhor Ndour

Secretary General

Senegal Basin Development Organisation (OMVS)

Jenny Neme Neiva

Special Envoy for dialogue and political engagement

World Council of Churches

Anton Nilsson

Minister Counsellor and Representative

Government of Åland

Sarah Noble

Head of Global Engagement

Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation

Sarah Noble

PeaceTalks Co-Founder

Interpeace

Nikolena Nocheva

Associate researcher, IPS, Charles University, and IRS, University of Geneva

Charles University

Bahishta Nohtani

Dentist, women's rights activist and co-founder

Afghanistan Women's Rights Association (AWRA)

Aza Nsabimana

Artist, singer-songwriter, artivist and cultural peacebuilder

Sibylle Obrist obtained a Masters in International Relations at the Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales (IUHEI/The Geneva Graduate Institute) in Geneva and an advanced Masters in Conflict Resolution and Sustainable…

Sibylle Obrist

Deputy Head, Peace and Human Rights Division

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Fabio works with UNDP Crisis Bureau in New York as Senior Advisor on Policy Research and Learning. Before joining the Crisis Bureau, Fabio worked as UN Peace and Development Advisor (PDA) in Tunisia, Cambodia, Guyana and Suriname.

Fabio Oliva

Acting Head, Research, Analytics, Innovation and Learning team

United Nations Development Programme

Rachel Olpengs is a seasoned digital literacy and public policy specialist with extensive experience in applied research, stakeholder engagement, capacity building and institutional strengthening initiatives.

Rachel Olpengs

Coordinator

National Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Content Moderation in Kenya (FECoMo)

Ibrahim is a policy researcher at Somali Public Agenda, a Mogadishu-based think tank, where his work focuses on good governance, democratization, accountability, transparency and the role of technology in advancing that.

Ibrahim Jibril Omar

Policy Researcher

Somali Public Agenda

Tatyana Omelyanenko

Kevin Osborne

Strategic Partnerships and Development Manager

Globethics

Declan O’Brien

Head of Democracy and Multilateralism Programmes

Kofi Annan Foundation

Wendell P. Orbeso

Senior Peace Process Practitioner and Author on the Bangsamoro Peace Process, Philippines

Ludmila Pachkova

Ignacio Packer

Executive Director

Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation

Dr. Katia Papagianni

Director, Mediation Support and Policy

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)

Jonas Pasquier

Head of Global Affairs

Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the other international organisations in Geneva

Christophe Payot is Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations Office, WTO, Conference on Disarmament and other International Organizations in Geneva.

Christophe Payot

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Belgium

United Nations Office, WTO, Conference on Disarmament and other International Organizations in Geneva

Alessio Pecorario

Founder and CEO

Domus Communis Foundation

Franz Perrez is Switzerland’s Legal Advisor and Head of the Directorate of International Law at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

Ambassador Franz Perrez

Legal Advisor and Head of the Directorate of International Law

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

MANDELA Pilot of the Winds

A staging of “soul bodies”

Ambassador Deike Potzel

Head of the Delegation

European Union to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva

Dr. Jamie Pring

Postdoctoral Researcher at the CCDP

Geneva Graduate Institute

Ambassador Tobias Privitelli

Director

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

Peter Prove

Director of the Commission of the Churches of International Affairs

World Council of Churches

Hiba Qasas

Founding Executive Director

Principles for Peace

Lisa Reefke

Special Assistant , Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

Christian Resch

Head of Section Gulf/Iran/Saudi-Arabia

The German Federal Foreign Office

Mona Rishmawi

International human rights lawyer

Former senior UN Official

Alasdair Ross

Countries Editor

The Economist

Donatella Rostagno

Peacebuilding Programme Coordinator at Interpeace

Interpeace

Marie-Hélène Roux is a writer-director born in Gabon and raised across different African countries, Marie-Hélène Roux trained at the French Conservatoire and then at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles.

Marie-Hélène Roux

Writer-Director

Petites Poupées Production

Marta Ruedas

Senior Adviser

International Toledo Center for Peace (CITpax)

Ambassador Serge Rumin

Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office for the Promotion of Dialogue and Confidence-building

Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Benoit Ruratotoye

Director of Living Peace Academy (LPA)

Living Peace Institute (LPI)

Ahmad Saidmurodzoda

Deputy Secretary General

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Ambassador Alaa Mohamed Salaheldin Hegazy

Ambassado and Permanent Representative

The Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Bilal Salayme

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Geneva Graduate Institute

Professor Marie-Laure Salles

Director

Geneva Graduate Institute

Katie Sams

Executive Director

Kofi Annan Foundation

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Dr. Lara Scarpitta

Senior Advisor on Gender Issues and Head of the Gender Issues Programme

Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

Deborah Schibler

Executive Director

PeaceWomen Across the Globe

Prenuja Schlatter-Thayalalingam

Swiss-based insurance, technology and business professional; former advocacy involvement in children's rights and bullying prevention.

Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli

Deputy Head of Peace and Human Rights Division at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Monika Schmutz Kirgöz

Head of the Middle East and North Africa Division

The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland (FDFA)

Emanuel Schäublin

Deputy Head Mediation Support Team

CSS/ ETH

Ghassen Selmi

Digital Transformation Specialist

Keleni Seruvatu

Deputy Permanent Representative

Permanent Mission of Fiji to the United Nations and Other International Organizations, Geneva

Gillian Sheehan

Chief, Strategy and Partnerships, United Nations DPPA-DPO Peace Building and Peace Support Office.

United Nations Peacebuilding and Peace Support Office (PBPSO)

Larysa Shevandina

Pavlo Shmulevych

Susann Simolin

Director

Åland Islands Peace Institute (ÅIPI)

Nicolas Sion

Head of Operations

Fight for Humanity

Anki Sjöberg

Co-Director

Fight for Humanity

Halyna Skipalska

Country Director

HealthRight International (Ukraine)

Henny Slegh

Director International programs

Living Peace Institute DRC

Marianne Smallwood

Initiative Lead, Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI)

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Polina Sommer

Elizabeth Spehar

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding and Peace Support

United Nations, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO)

Svetlana Stefanović

Executive Director

Foundation BFPE for a Responsible Society

Dan Stein

Innovation and Operations Director

Collective Intelligence for Good

Philippe Stoll

Manager of the Movement Hub on Harmful Information

Swiss Red Cross

Trude Strand

Head of MENA

DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance

H.E. Satu Suikkari-Kleven

Ambassador, Special Representative for Finland’s Candidacy to the UN Security Council

Government of Finland – Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Rebecca Sutton

Professor of international law

University of Glasgow

Ambassador Ellen Svendsen

Permanent Representative of Norway to the OSCE

Kristoffer Tangri

Cluster Lead Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding, Displacement, Istanbul Regional Hub

United Nations Development Programme

Dr. Rachel Tavernor

Global Advocacy and Policy Manager

ACT Alliance

Kali Taylor

Managing Director

SFG

Eric Tistounet

International human rights expert and previous chief of the Human Rights Council Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

H.E. Mr. Eldiyor Toshmatov

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Yana Tucker

Strategic Engagements Coordinator

Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development (SeeD)

Ambassador Lars Tummers

Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative

Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations in Geneva

Rusudan Tushuri

Project Manager

EU4Dialogue

Thomas Unger is an independent expert on transitional justice (TJ). At Impunity Watch he provides strategic advice on issues of international policy and TJ.

Thomas Unger

Expert on Transitional Justice, Director Policy and Research

Impunity Watch

Eliza Urwin

Head of Research, Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding PhD Researcher in International Relations & Political Science

Geneva Graduate Institute

Viktoriia VORONINA

Executive Director

Center for Security Studies "CENSS"

Tatiana Valovaya

Director-General

United Nations Office at Geneva

Joost van der Zwan is the Senior Conflict Advisor in the Conflict Policy & Partnerships Department in FCDO.