The Committee of Patrons is a world-wide network of recognised international leaders in their respective fields who support the Foundation in its endeavours.
Patrons are individuals whose stature, experience and influence in national and global affairs enable SICA-FICA to progress its aims as the Foundation develops.
Provision for Corporate Patrons is under active consideration. These organisations will represent trade, institutional and other bodies using arbitration and ADR processes.
HE Dr Frederik Korthals Altes
Dutch national
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Chairman of the Dutch People’s Party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD) 1975-1981
President of the Dutch First Chamber of the States General (Senate) 1997 – 2001
Former Dutch Minister for Justice
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Prof. Dr Victor Bentata
Venezuelan national
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Professor of Law, Los Andes University, Venezuela and Paris V
Former Chairman, British- and European-Venezuelan Chambers of Commerce
Honorary Consul General of Iceland
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Prof. Dr Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel
German national
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Former Chairman, German Institute of Arbitration (DIS)
Panel Chairman, UN Compensation Commission, 1995-1997
President, Iran-US Claims Tribunal, 1984-1988
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Baroness Peta Buscombe
British national
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Barrister, Member of the House of Lords
Former UK Shadow spokesman for Culture, Media, Sports and Legal Affairs
Former Vice-Chairman, UK Conservative Party
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Hon Mr Justice W Dan Chilcott
Canadian national
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Former Police Commissioner, Ottawa
Former Treasurer, Law Society of Upper Canada
Justice, Supreme Court of Ontario (appointed 1988)
Member of Board of Commissioners SICA-FICA Foundation 1998-2002
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Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis
British national
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Member of the House of Lords
Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Trade of the United Kingdom
Former Member of the Commission of the European Communities
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Bernardo M Cremades
Spanish national
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President, Spanish Court of Arbitration
Vice-President, London Court of International Arbitration
Catedrático, Faculties of Law & Economics, University of Seville, Spain
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Prof. Dr IHPh Diederiks-Verschoor
Dutch national
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President Emeritus, International Institute of Space Law
Vice-President, International Institute of Air & Space Law, Leiden
Arbitrator, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague
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Harry Elias
Singapore national
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Member of the English, Malaysian and Singaporean Bars
President, Law Society of Singapore, 1984-1986
Member, Senate of Singapore Academy of Law, 1989-1991
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Prof. Dr Thomas M Franck
American national
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Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law Emeritus, New York University School of Law
Ad hoc Judge, International Court of Justice, The Hague
Past President, American Society of International Law
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The Hon John A Fraser
Canadian national
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Former Minister of the Environment in Canada
Former Speaker (the first freely elected) of the Canadian House of Commons
Former Canadian Ambassador-at-large for the Environment
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HE KG Anthony Hill
Jamaican national
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Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations and Specialised Institutions at Geneva |
HE Tejendra Khanna
Indian national
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Chairman, Ranbaxy Laboratories, India
Former Commerce Minister of India
Former Lieutenant Governor, Delhi
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Hon Marc Lalonde
Canadian national
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Former Professor of Law & Economics, University of Montreal
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada
Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
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Dato’ Mahadev Shankar
Malaysian national
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Retired Judge, Court of Appeal, Malaysia
Member, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
Advisory editor, Halsbury’s Laws of Malaysia
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Prof. Dr Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja
Indonesian national
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Former Minister of Justice, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Indonesia
Chairman, Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission
Member, Panel of Conciliators and Arbitrators, ICSID
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Chief Mrs Tinuade Oyekunle
Nigerian national
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Member, Institute of Unification and Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Former Director, International & Comparative Law, Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice
Vice-President, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
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Prof. Dr H Priyatna Abdurrasyid
Indonesian national
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Former Deputy Attorney General, Republic of Indonesia
Chairman of the Indonesian National Board of Arbitration (BANI)
Indonesian Representative to the International Aeronautic Authority
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Prof. Dr Qizhe
Chinese national
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Legal advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China
Member, UN International Law Commission
Professor of Law, Beijing University
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HE Rubens Ricupero
Brazilian national
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Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Former Finance Minister of Brazil
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Hon Sir Laurence Street
Australian national
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Chairman, International Legal Services Advisory Council, Australia
Former Chief Justice, New South Wales
Former Lieutenant Governor, New South Wales
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Prof. Dr Sompong Sucharitkul
Thai national
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Associate Dean, International Law, Golden Gate University, San Francisco
Former Ambassador of Thailand to Benelux, Japan and four other European countries
Former Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Dr Georg von Segesser
Swiss national
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Partner, Schellenberg Wittmer, Zürich
Director, Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts, Switzerland 1997-98
Chairperson, Arbitration Panels, Zürich Chamber of Commerce
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