Cristina Pellandini is head of the ICRC Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law, which supports efforts by States to implement international humanitarian law at the national level. Since joining the ICRC in 1984, she has carried out several field assignments for the organization in Latin America and Asia. She has also held various legal and diplomatic advisory positions, both in the field and at headquarters. In 1995–1996 she helped create the ICRC Advisory Service on IHL.