Conchita Carpio Morales, Chair

Over her fifty-year career in public service, Conchita Carpio Morales has established herself as a formidable figure in the Philippine judiciary, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2002. Her strong stand against corruption is best exemplified by her term as Ombudsman of the Philippines in 2011-2018, when she brought order to the office and prioritized high-profile cases. She received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2016 for her “moral courage and commitment to justice.”