The Complaints Mechanism is supported by an Independent Expert Panel, which decides on the admissibility of a complaint and handles all subsequent processes.
The Panel is formed of three international specialists with expertise and experience in mediation, social and environmental issues, as well as in supporting complaints mechanisms.
Seynabou Benga brings over 25 years of extensive and diverse experience in human rights, international law, and sustainable development to the panel. She has served in judicial and expert roles, including as Associate Justice at the French National Court of Asylum and as Legal Advisor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. She also served as Expert Member of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment, and Human Rights Violations in Africa at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
She is currently the Director of Human Dignity, an NGO advancing economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights in sub-Saharan Africa. She is also a university lecturer and expert trainer in international human rights law.
Her work combines legal expertise, in-country experience, and consultancy, focusing on promoting accountability, strengthening respect for human rights, and advocating for a human rights–based approach to development. She has worked with leading NGOs, international organizations, and United Nations agencies.
Inbal Djalovski is a legal practitioner with a wealth of experience in both domestic and international law, with expertise in international and internal investigations, human rights, ethics and criminal law. She is a Member of the Compliance Review Panel of the Asian Development Bank. Previously, she served as a Prosecution Lawyer with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and as a member of the ICC Disciplinary Advisory Board. Her work spans multiple complex international investigations of war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as courtroom litigation of a case concerning an elaborate witness corruption scheme. Her experience includes working as a legal adviser to senior Judges at the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. She is admitted to law in New York (USA) and in Israel, and is a graduate of INSEAD (Executive MBA), Columbia Law School (LLM, with distinction), and Tel-Aviv University (LLB, magna cum laude).
Marina d’Engelbronner-Kolff is an international lawyer with a Ph.D. in dispute resolution and 30 years of global experience in sustainability at both strategic and operational levels within corporate and consulting sectors. She has held key roles in a human rights NGO, research institutions, a multinational company, and various consultancies, working across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. As a former Partner for Human Rights & Social Performance at ERM, she led major initiatives in human rights and social sustainability. Marina has managed complex sustainability issues for significant projects in sectors such as renewable energy, agriculture, and infrastructure. Her work emphasizes land acquisition, resettlement, the rights of indigenous peoples, labor rights, social value creation, and just transitions. Additionally, she collaborates extensively with local communities and civil society, fostering impactful and sustainable change worldwide.