The Murad Code Project Team
The Murad Code project is driven and supported by people and organisations from numerous sectors across the world. It is spearheaded by the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI), with a project team which works in collaboration with consultants and partners from across the globe, including survivors, civil-society organisations, governments, inter-governmental and other international organisations, and funders.
Consultants and Other Contributors
This list is updated about twice per year. It includes survivors, other experts and organisations who have been formally contracted to assist on or otherwise contributed considerably to the project over the last few years. Please see the acknowledgment pages in the various project publications for the names of additional contributors. For security and other reasons, some survivors and other individual and organisational consultants and contributors unfortunately cannot be named.
IICI thanks everyone who has contributed and continues to contribute to the collective pursuit of the goals of the Murad Code.
Ahoua Dagnogo
Aida Spahic
Aine Sperrin
Ajna Jusic
Amal Nassar
Amerti Solomon
An Michels
Andy Sherman & Can of Creative LLC
Anjana Shakya & HIMRIGHTS
Anne-Marie Kra Koko
Ariadne Network
Bakhtyar Karim
Cathy Otten
Clarissa Martínez López
Coleen Kivlahan
Claudia Bechara
Dahlia Seddik
Dalila Seoane
Dr Chris Dolan
Edilma Loperena Plata
Edwige Brin
Elizabeth Atieno
Elizabeth Bohart
Elkanodata SL
Erin Gallagher
Fatou Baldeh
Fatimata Racine Wane
Fiona McKay
Forum Tech Consulting Ltd
Freelance Translation Interpretation Services LLC
Galen Lamphere-England
Gloria Bayoh
Grace Ogihara
Habib Sani Yahaya
Habiba Makanjuola
Hassan Bility
Helena Rodríguez-Bronchú
Homayoun Tach
Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley School of Law
Irad Gbazane
Iryna Dovgar
Isaac George
Isma’il Alfa Abdulrahim
Ismail Auwal
Jaya Luintel &
The Story Kitchen
Jawed Nader
Jehad Khair
Joanna Rice
Joel Toscano
Judith Erazo
Judy Mionki
Justine Kpan
Jyotshna Shrestha
KA-Lex
Kateryna Busol
Kathryn Gichini
Kristin Kim Bart & Amaranth Advising LLC
Lara Quarterman
Lawyers and Doctors for Human Rights & Dr Mahmoud Aswad
Lea-Cassiopee Muller
Leisha Beardmore
Lisa Davis
Marc Doherty & CPR Digital LLC
Maria Alejandra Gomez Duque
Medica Zenica & Sabiha Husic and Irma Siljak
Meris Musanovic
Michael Elsanadi
Michelle Kissenkoetter
Michelle Oliel
Miriam Lewin
Morgane Landel
Nadine Tunasi
Nancy El Jamous
Nelly Warega
Nina Donaghy
Oleksandr Maksymenko
Olga Lubiv
Olha Taranenko
Omar Kahwaji
Patricia Viseur Sellers
Peninah Kimiri
Penny Hart
Phil Otieno
Philomène Uwamaliya
Pishkafti Shokri
Prime Production Ltd
Priya Gopalan
Rebecca Dempster
Refugee Law Project
Rita Kahsay
Rozafa Kelmendi
Salim Ibrahim Yunusa
Sami Shabi
Sanar Khalil
Sarah Martin
Servicios Idiomáticos SAS & Rob Garcia, Antonio Posado, Rosa Amparo Forero Guerrero, Maria Teresa Villaveces
Sherizaan Minwalla & Taboo LLC
Shireen
Shivan Toma
Sisma Mujer
Solimar Pinto-Sánchez
Stephanie Barbour
Tatiana Mukanire
Ulic Egan
Venesa Sulimani
Verónica Martínez Solares
Veronique Aubert
Yogita Rai
Yusra Al-Kailani
Yvonne Fisher
Zuhal Malekzada
Key Cross-Project Partner Organisations
Nadia’s Initiative
Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation & SEMA (Global Network of
Victims and Survivors to End Wartime Sexual Violence)
Core Project Team
Gabriël
Oosthuizen
Project Lead
Dr Ingrid
Elliott MBE
Deputy Co-Lead
Marion
Volkmann-Brandau
Deputy Co-Lead
Olivia Head
Senior Manager - Murad Code Project
Click on a Project Team member to view full bio
Origins & Partners
The idea of a global code of conduct for the gathering and use of information about systematic and conflict-related sexual violence originated with the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI). The government of Canada, through Global Affairs Canada, is providing funding and other partnership support in 2023-2026. The founding partners of the project are IICI, Nadia’s Initiative, and the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative of the UK Government (PSVI).
Gabriël Oosthuizen
Project Lead
Gabriël Oosthuizen is the Programme Director at the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI) and has been the Project Lead on the Murad Code Project since 2017.
Gabriël joined IICI full-time in early 2014. Specialised in the field of international criminal law, his earlier legal advisory, training and management positions include Chief of Party of the Uganda Project of the Public International Law & Policy Group. He was also the Executive Director of the NGO International Criminal Law Services (ICLS); Head, Legal Unit, UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); and Associate Legal Officer, Chambers, UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He has edited and written books, academic and NGO publications, and consulted on various areas of law, and on international and southern African affairs. He holds an LLB from the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and an LLM in Public International Law cum laude from the University of Leiden (Netherlands).
Dr Ingrid Elliott, MBE
Deputy Co-Lead
Dr. Ingrid Elliott MBE has been the Deputy Co-Lead on the Murad Code project with IICI since 2019 and is the lead drafter of the Murad Code. She has over 25 years’ experience of investigating and prosecuting international crimes, including at the Bosnia State Court and the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She has been on the UK Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Team of Experts since 2013, and has worked in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Libya, Myanmar/ Bangladesh and Ukraine. Dr. Elliott has been involved in the development of international best practice standards for CRSV investigations, criminal forensic evidence, prosecutions, and tackling stigma. She is the lead drafter of the Iraq and Syria supplements to the International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict, and has published on Syria accountability, justice responses to male CRSV and the long-term impacts of CRSV on Syrian men.
Marion Volkmann-Brandau
Deputy Co-Lead
Marion joined IICI as the second Deputy Co-Lead on the Murad Code Project in April 2024. A specialist in human rights, women's rights and transition processes, she was the UNDP Regional Rule of Law, Human Rights and Gender Specialist for West and Central Africa (2021-2023), a region in which she has worked for over 10 years. Her previous experience includes leading or participating in international investigations, including into CRSV, notably for Human Rights Watch, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN peacekeeping missions in Africa. She also assisted survivors and victims during the trial of Chadian dictator Hissène Habré. She has contributed to publications and documentaries on the inclusion of women in transitional justice efforts. She holds an LLM in French and German Law (Sorbonne University and University of Cologne) as well as a Master’s in International Relations from the University of Clermont-Ferrand (France).
Olivia Head
Senior Manager - Murad Code Project
Olivia is based in New York City and has been with IICI since April 2024. Previously, she was a Senior Programme Manager at the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, where she worked with partners in Ukraine, Colombia and the Central African Republic to advance survivor-centered approaches to documentation through projects facilitating knowledge-exchange and capacity-building. Before moving to the US, Olivia spent four years in the UK's Diplomatic Service, covering a range of policy issues, including conflict-related sexual violence as a member of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) team. In 2016, she co-founded Bread & Roses, a charity providing well-being support and language training to women from refugee backgrounds in London.