Board of Trustees (BoT)

CRCICA has a Board of Trustees (BoT) consisting of 10 members at least and 30 members at the most appointed in consultation with AALCO from amongst eminent African and Asian personalities specialized in the fields of international arbitration, law, business, trade, investment and international relations.

The BoT may include up to 20% of its members from outside the Afro-Asian Region from amongst figures specialized in the aforementioned fields. CRCICA’s current Board of Trustees have 24 members, with 1 President and 2 Vice-presidents and 21 members. The Board of Trustees is chaired by is chaired by Dr Nabil Elaraby and is also composed of two vice-chairmen from Egypt and Saudi Arabia and 21 other eminent members from Bahrain, Cameroon, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nigeria, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Spain.

The term of the BoT is four years, which may be renewed once for a similar term, unless otherwise determined due to special circumstances. The BoT carries out the functions provided for in the By-laws of the Board of Trustees. This includes meeting once a year to oversee CRCICA’s caseload and in particular the following functions: 1) appointing the Director of the Centre in consultation with AALCO for a four-year term, which may be renewed once for a similar term, unless otherwise determined due to special circumstances. 2) Setting down the general policy for achieving the objectives of the Centre and 3) ratifying the Auditor’s report for each fiscal year.

Chairman

Dr. Nabil Elaraby

Vice-Chairmen

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf

H.H. Prince Dr. Bandar Bin Salman Bin Mohamed Al Saud

Members

Prof. Dr. Georges Abi-Saab

Dr. Abdullah Al Hayyan

Shaikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Sameh Amr

Dr. Ziad Bahaa-Eldin

Prof. Bernardo M. Cremades

Coun. Mahmoud Fahmy

Mr. Taher Hozayen

Dr. Gaston Kenfack

Mr. Vladimir Khvalei

Mr. Philippe Leboulanger

Dr. Nayla Comair Obeid

Mr. Christopher Bayo Ojo

Prof. Alain Pellet

Dr. Hani Sarie-Eldin

Mr. Michael Schneider

Prof. Dr. Fathi Waly

Judge Dr. Abdulqawi Yusuf

Ms. Qin Yuxiu

Prof. Nassib Ziadé