[1] The members of the Group, presented on 14 February 2011 in Bilbao, are Silvia Casale, Pierre Hazan, Raymond Kendall, Nuala O'Loan and Alberto Spektorowski.
The ICG's mandate includes: Source:[3] Independent consultant to HM Prisons Inspectorate, England and Wales since 1991; Northern Ireland Sentence Review Commissioner since 1998.
Member in respect of the United Kingdom of the CPT (European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) 1997-2009 and President from 2000 to 2007.
In this position, he has covered many international crises and conflicts including those in the Balkans, in the Great Lakes region of Africa, in the Middle East and others.
Raymond Kendall: Honorary Secretary General of Interpol, born October 1933 at Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom; educated at grammar school and Exeter College, Oxford 1953 to 1956; Master of Arts Degree in modern languages; military service in Royal Air Force 1951 to 1953 principally during emergency in Malaya Colonial police in Uganda from 1956 to 1962; Metropolitan Police New Scotland Yard 1962 to 1986 essentially in Special Branch terminating with rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner; Secretary General of Interpol 1985 to 2000 when he retired; President of European Union Anti Fraud Office beginning 2000' holder of Queen's Police Medal and Chevalier of Legion d'Honneur (France); connected with activities of non-governmental organisations in drugs and security fields.
Born in 1952, he was member of the strategic group created by former Israel Foreign affairs Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, during the Camp David negotiations in 2000.