The Foundation was legally set up on 11 December 2006 as a Stichting under Dutch law (registered under no27294663 with the Chamber of Commerce in The Hague).

Its first Board consists of
- Cees Flinterman (former Director of SIM, member of CEDAW)
- Sharon Rusu (information specialist, founder of Reliefweb)
- Jan de Koning (lawyer specialised in media law)
- Leo Hannewijk (director of the film festival ‘Film by the Sea’ and Director International Film Festival Breda)
- David Vriesendorp (director of Eb&Vloed en former director of the Dutch section of Amnesty International)
- Hans Thoolen (former UNHCR staff and founder of several NGOs including the MEA).

A group of Dutch personalities will act as Advisors, namely:
- Dr. R.F.M. Lubbers, former Prime Minster and former UNHCR
- Drs. H. d’Ancona, former minister for Emancipation and former minister of Health
- Drs. W. Deetman, former mayor of The Hague en current member of the Raad van State.
- Dr. M. van der Stoel, former minister of Foreign Affairs and former High Commissioner forMinorities.
- Mr. Paul van Tongeren, Secretary General Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict.

In a later phase personalities from other parts of the world will be added.

Nadja Houben, based in The Hague, is the Director.
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