Chaired by Prof. Michael P. Scharf, Associate Dean for Global Legal Studies, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Mr. Rafael Braga da Silva, Lawyer | International Criminal Law & International Human Rights Law
- Dr. Mark Ellis, IBA Executive Director
- Mr. Donald M. Ferencz, American Lawyer and Advocate for the Rule of Law in Global Affairs
- Prof. Paola Gaeta, Professor of International Law, The Geneva Graduate Institute
- Justice Richard J. Goldstone, Former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
- Prof. Alexander Greenawalt, Professor of Law, Pace University
- Prof. Larissa van den Herik, Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University
- Mr. Karim A. A. Khan KC, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
- Mr. Christopher Lentz, Legal Advisor, Register of Damage for Ukraine and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School
- Prof. Tim McCormack, Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
- Sir Howard Morrison KC, Former ICC Judge/ Independent Adviser to the Ukrainian Prosecutor
- Judge Kimberly Prost, Judge at the International Criminal Court
- Prof. William A. Schabas, Professor Emeritus International Criminal Law and Human Rights, Leiden University
- Prof. Milena Sterio, Professor of Law at Cleveland University’s College of Law and Managing Director at the PILPG
- H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser, Ambassador — Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations
*Each member of the advisory board contributes to the Competition voluntarily and in their individual capacity.