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The Global Rule of Law Commission

Under the aegis of H.E. The President of the Portuguese Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
The EPLO, having among its aims the promotion of public law and governance worldwide, in cooperation with the
United Nations system, established the Global Rule of Law Commission (GRoLC), as a part of the Global Rule of
Law Initiative, launched in 2019 at the UN Headquarters. The aim is to develop a comprehensive Global concept
of the Rule of Law concerning UN Universal Values and Diversity. If requested, the Commission shall be available
to all the nations to provide advice and expertise on Rule of Law issues.

EPLO GLOBAL RULE OF LAW COMMISSION during the 2 Meeting at Cascais, 24-25 July 2023
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In these cases, the Commission aims to discuss with the relevant State authorities how the Rule of Law is applied
in their countries, the limits within which variations can reasonably depend on cultural differences, and the limits
beyond which such variations go beyond the accepted common ground. The Commission will produce an annual
report on the Rule of Law, officially presented yearly at the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly.

The GRoLC comprises of 20 personalities from around the world according to the principle of geographical
representation and is chaired by Giuliano Amato, former President of the Constitutional Court of Italy and former
Prime Minister of Italy. The members appointed by the Board of Directors of the EPLO are as follows: seven from
the Western European and Others Group – Marco D’Alberti, Justice of the Constitutional Court of Italy, Full
Professor, La Sapienza, Rome Italy; Ana M. Guerra Martins, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights and Full
Professor at the Law School of the University of Lisbon, Portugal; Luis María Díez-Picazo, Judge of the Supreme
Court of Spain, David Feldman, Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Spyridon
Flogaitis, EPLO Director, Emeritus Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece,
Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney, Australia and Professor at the
Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw, Republic of Poland, and Andreas Mavroyiannis, Ambassador (ad
hon.), Member of the UN International Law Commission, Republic of Cyprus; two from the Eastern European
Group – Josip Brkić, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mikheil
Sarjveladze, Member of the Parliament of Georgia and Chairman of the Human Rights and Civil Integration
Committee; two from the Asian Group – Pan-Suk Kim, Professor Emeritus at Yonsei University in South Korea,
International Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington DC, Commission Member of
the International Civil Service Commission of the United Nations, and Vishnu Varunyou, Vice President of the
Supreme Administrative Court of the Kingdom of Thailand; four from the African Group – Carlos Feijó, Full
Professor of Law at the University of Agostinho Neto in Angola, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, former President of Cape
Verde, Raychelle Omamo, Ambassador - former Cabinet Secretary/Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kenya,
and Lúcia da Luz Ribeiro, President of the Constitutional Court of Mozambique and Professor at the Law Faculty
of Eduardo Mondlane University; four from Latin and Central America and the Pacific – Allan Brewer-Carías,
Emeritus Professor at the Central University of Venezuela, President Laura Chinchilla, former President of Costa
Rica, Vice President of World Leadership Alliance – Club De Madrid, President of the Analítica Consultores, Gilmar
Mendes, Justice of the Supreme Court of Brazil, and Marisol Peña Torres, former President of the Constitutional
Court of Chile and Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Their office is honorary and discretionary.

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