Jared Genser is Managing Director of Perseus Strategies, a law and consulting firm that focuses on human rights, humanitarian and corporate social responsibility projects. Previously, Genser was a partner in the government affairs practice of DLA Piper LLP and a management consultant with McKinsey and Company. His pro bono clients have included former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Aung San Suu Kyi, Liu Xiaobo, Desmond Tutu and Elie Wiesel. He is author of The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Commentary and Guide to Practice (2014) and co-editor of The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in our Times (2011). He is a recipient of the American Bar Association's International Human Rights Award and the Charles Bronfman Prize. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Bruno Stagno Ugarte is Executive Director of the Security Council Report. Most recently, he was Foreign Minister of Costa Rica (2006–10) while the country served a two-year term on the Security Council (2008–9). Previously, Stagno Ugarte served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2002–6), Chief of Staff of the Foreign Ministry (1998–2000), Advisor to the Foreign Minister (1998) and Minister Counselor and Consul General in the Embassy in Paris (1994–8). Stagno Ugarte has also served as President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (2005–8), Co-President of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Conferences (2007–9), Co-President of the UN 2005 Summit Outcome Document (2005) and Vice-President of the UN Commission of Sustainable Development (2002–4). He is a graduate of Georgetown University, Washington DC, Université de la Sorbonne-Paris III-IHEAL and Princeton University, New Jersey.