ACJ Members

The Advisory Council of Jurists (ACJ) is comprised of eminent jurists who have held high judicial office or senior academic or human rights appointments.

Each full member of the APF nominates a representative from its country to serve on the ACJ.

ACJ members serve a five-year term, which may be renewed once. They serve in their personal capacity and are independent of their governments.

ACJ members are not able to delegate their functions to any other person.

Current members

Dr Qasim Hashimzai (Afghanistan)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Associate Professor Andrea Durbach (Australia)
Director, Australian Human Rights Centre
Faculty of Law
University of New South Wales

Shri Gopal Subramaniam (India)
Senior Advocate and Solicitor General of India

Professor Mohamed Olwan (Jordan)
Dean of the Faculty of Law
Yarmouk University

Dato' Ranita Mohd. Hussein (Malaysia)
Legal Consultant

Mr Jugnee Amarsanaa (Mongolia)
Director
Legal Retraining Centre

Justice Susan Glazebrook (New Zealand)
New Zealand Court of Appeal

The Hon Mr Daman Nath Dhungana (Nepal)
Senior Advocate
Supreme Court of Nepal

Dr Purificacion V. Quisumbing (Philippines)
Former Chairperson
Philippines Commission on Human Rights

Professor Seong-Phil Hong (Republic of Korea)
Professor of Law
Yonsei Law School, Seoul

Mr Nihal Jayamanne (Sri Lanka)
President
Bar Association of Sri Lanka

Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand)
Faculty of Law
Chulalongkorn University

Former ACJ Members

Sir Ronald Wilson (Australia, 1999-2002)

Professor Gillian Triggs (Australia, 2002-2006)

H.E. Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi (Fiji, 2000-2001)

Justice Jayant Prakash (Fiji, 2002)

The Hon. Justice Anthony Gates (Fiji, 2003-2007)*

Professor Kyong-Whan Ahn (Republic of Korea, 2003-2006)

Professor Nohyun Kwak (Republic of Korea, 2006-2010)

Shri Fali S Nariman (India, 2010)

Dato' Mahadev Shankar (Malaysia, 2003-2007)

Hon. Justice Silvia Cartwright (New Zealand, 1999-2001)

Mr R K W Goonasekere (Sri Lanka, 1999-2007)

Professor Jacob Sahetapy (Indonesia, 1999 2008)

Mr Sedfrey A Ordoñez (Philippines, 1999 - 2008)

*Fiji participated in the ACJ until its resignation on 3 April 2007.