Adam Bodnar is a Polish lawyer, educator, human rights activist and politician. He is the Minister of Justice in Poland. He was also a senator in the country's Senate. He was previously a Polish Ombudsman.

Cosmin Boiangiu is Executive Director of the European Labour Authority. He served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Romania to the EU. He was also Ambassador of Romania to Slovenia. He held the role of Director of United Nations, Specialised Institutions and Francophone Affairs within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was Spokesperson and Director for Information and Press of the Romanian Foreign Ministry. He represented Romania at the United Nations Security Council and NATO. He was an advisor to Austria’s Foreign Minister and worked as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ilze Brands Kehris is the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights since 14 January 2020, heading the UN Human Rights Office in New York.

She previously served as an independent Expert Member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee from 2017-2019.

She held several leadership positions in national and regional level human rights organisations, including as a Member and Chairperson of the Management Board of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and Director of the Office of OSCE.