Chaired by Prof. Michael P. Scharf, Dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Mr. Morris Anyah, Trial lawyer/Former Prosecutor and War Crimes Attorney
- Mr. Rafael Braga da Silva, Lawyer | International Criminal Law & International Human Rights Law
- Prof. Matthew E. Brotmann, Senior Counsel, Equinor’s Renewables portfolio
- 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 (ICC)
- Justice Philippe Kirsch, Chair of the Rome Conference and former President of the International Criminal
Court (2003-2009) - Mr. Christopher Lentz, Legal Officer, Office of the President, IRMCT and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School
- Prof. Hope Elizabeth May, Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University
- Prof. Tim McCormack, Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
- Mr. Simon Minks, National Senior Public Prosecutor of the Netherlands
- Sir Howard Morrison KC, Former ICC Judge/ Independent Adviser to the Ukrainian Prosecutor
- Mr. William Pace, Former Convenor of the Coalition for an International Criminal Court
- Judge Kimberly Prost, ICC Judge
- Prof. William A. Schabas, Professor emeritus International Criminal Law and Human Rights, Leiden University
- 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.