The Task Force comprises experts from the policy, legal, and diplomatic fields, alongside recognized professionals in children's rights protection in the context of armed conflicts, all serving in their personal capacities.
The work of the Task Force is guided by the fundamental principle of the best interests of the child.
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, co-chair
Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute, co-chair
MEP, former Prime Minister of Lithuania
Founder and President of Yahad – In Unum, Professor at Georgetown University, Investigator
Leading global expert on transforming systems of care and protection for children, former CEO at Lumos
Executive Director of the Georgetown University Collaborative on Global Children's Issues
Senior Researcher - Rights of the Child, Human Trafficking, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
Legal expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights
Senior Child Rights Advocacy Advisor at Save the Children
Executive Director at the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab
PFRU Senior Transitional Justice Advisor, former child crimes prosecutor with the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Executive Director at The Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security
Secretary General of the Global Campus of Human Rights, Professor for International Law and Human Rights at the University of Vienna, former independent expert who led the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, Co-Director at the Dean Rusk International Law Center at the University of Georgia School of Law, former Special Advisor to the ICC Prosecutor for Children Affected by Armed Conflict