Dr. Knut Dörmann is Head of Delegation to the EU, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) since June 2020. Previously he had been ICRC’s Head of the Legal Division and Chief Legal Officer since December 2007, Deputy Head of the Legal Division between June 2004 and November 2007 and Legal Adviser at the Legal Division between December 1998 and May 2004 (in charge of among others the law applicable to the conduct of hostility, cyber warfare, the protection of the environment, international criminal law). He holds a Doctor of Laws (Dr. jur.) from the University of Bochum in Germany (2001). He was Managing Editor of Humanitäres Völkerrecht - Informationsschriften (1991-1997). Prior to joining the ICRC, he was Research Assistant (1988-1993) and Research Associate (1993-1997) at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, University of Bochum. Dr. Dörmann has been a member of several groups of experts working on the current challenges of international humanitarian law. He has extensively presented and published on international humanitarian law, international law of peace and international criminal law. He received the 2005 Certificate of Merit of the American Society of International Law for his book Elements of War Crimes under the Rome Statute of the international Criminal Court, published by Cambridge University Press.

More than 20 years of experience in development cooperation, assuming positions of an expert and as a headship in areas such as multilateral affairs and strategic partnerships, participating in different meetings, including as a speaker, in conferences and workshops. Working with multilateral organizations, such as UN, OECD/DAC, and with UE in what concerns delegated cooperation. In addition, highlight some experienced in dealing with evaluation of policies, particularly development cooperation policy. Since 1st April 2022, assumed the position of Bilateral Cooperation Director at Camões, I.P., responsible for 2 areas of work: (i) bilateral cooperation programs, projects and actions in Portuguese development partners and (ii) humanitarian action and work with civil society organizations.

Ms. Virginia Gamba - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Professor Virginia Gamba was appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict at the Under-Secretary-General level in April 2017. She served most recently as Assistant Secretary General, Head of the Joint Investigative Mechanism Syria (SC Res 2235 and 2319). She previously served as Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Director of the Office for Disarmament Affairs. Past engagements with the United Nations include serving as Director to the Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva (1992-1996).