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Principal Committee

The 25 countries that were involved in our original formation.

1st Committee, 75 seats

The Principal Committee plays an advisory and consultative role with respect to the Council on the activities of the Foundation. The Principal Committee is made up of persons from each country that was represented on the International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (IPPC), which was subsequently disbanded and succeeded by the Foundation. The aforesaid countries – numbering twenty-five – are as follows: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Each country can have a maximum of three members on the Principal Committee.

The Members of the Principal Committee are required to actively contribute to achieving the goals and activities of the Foundation.

The three members of each country shall represent the judiciary, the criminal justice and prison administration, and academia.

All members of the Principle Committee are elected by a two-thirds majority both of the senior voting members of the Principal Committee as hereinafter defined and of the members of the Council. A person elected shall become a member of the Principal Committee when his or her election has been approved by his or her government.

Principle Committee countries