Our Patrons are:

  • Sir Sydney Kentridge KC
  • Michael Kirby, Justice of the High Court of Australia (retired)
  • Justice Catherine O’Regan
  • Sonia Picado, President of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights
  • The Rt Hon the Baroness Scotland of Asthal KC, current Secretary General of the Commonwealth
  • Sir David Simmons, KA, BCH, Chief Justice of Barbados (retired)
  • The Rt Hon the Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales (retired)

In Memoriam

  • Justice Arthur Chaskalson, former President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and Chief Justice of South Africa
  • Anthony Paul Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, KC and member of the House of Lords
  • Soli J Sorabjee, Senior Counsel, Supreme Court of India and former Attorney General for India
  • Sir Shridath Ramphal, former Attorney General of Guyana and former Secretary General of the Commonwealth

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