Robert Pulver

Chief of Service, Justice and Corrections Service, Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI), Department of Peace Operations (DPO), United Nations, Justice and Corrections Services, USA

Robert Pulver is Chief of the Justice and Corrections Service of the United Nations Department of Peace Operations. He oversees United Nations peacekeeping efforts to strengthen the rule of law in an effort to help bring peace to post-conflict nations around the globe. The team he leads supports nearly 600 United Nations justice and corrections officers in peace operations around the globe, including in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Mali, South Sudan, Darfur, and other settings.

In 2018-2019, Mr. Pulver served as acting Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo and Deputy Head of UNMIK.

Prior to joining the United Nations, Mr. Pulver served as Co-Head of the Kosovo Department for Democratic Governance and Civil Society – akin to a ministry in Kosovo’s jointly-run administration. He established rule of law programmes for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Albania and Kosovo. As a Fulbright Scholar, Mr. Pulver taught aspiring judges and prosecutors at the Albanian School for Magistrates.

Mr. Pulver is a certified executive coach (ICF/ACC) and lawyer. He has worked for over twenty years on peacekeeping, peace-building, governance, rule of law, judicial reform and constitutional matters in conflict and post-conflict settings.

Ivan Calder

Managing Director, Virtu Medical, United States

IVAN CALDER is the Chief Executive Officer for Health through Walls and the Chair of the ICPA Health Care Network Group. Ivan has a nursing degree, masters in addiction psychiatry, master's in business administration, and amongst other roles, has served as a Corrections Officer for the United Nations, Program Director, Prison Governor, and Assistant Commissioner for justice administration in Australia, and Head of Healthcare for the National Health Services across 20 prison locations in the United Kingdom. Ivan has direct experience in healthcare and management within prison environments, and multi-jurisdictional correctional administration capabilities. Central themes running through his career include a commitment to public service, the pursuit of continuous improvement, and a love of working in partnership with stakeholders (especially experts by experience) to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable populations

Moussa Diomandé

Corrections Officer, Justice and Corrections Standing Capacity/ Justice and Corrections Service/ Office of Rule of Law Institutions/Department of Peace Operations/United Nations, Italy

Mr. Moussa Diomandé holds a Master’s degree in Social Science (Informatics) from the University of Orebro, Sweden. He has 20 years of experience in the field of corrections including 14 years with the United Nations. From 2002 he worked for the Swedish Prison ad Probation Service (SPPS), at various levels from front line officer, rising through positions at Headquarters and regional offices. In 2008, he started his international career as seconded corrections expert in former UN peacekeeping operation MONUC in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). From 2011 until 2014, he worked in the DRC (MONUSCO) as Regional Coordinator for corrections offices in the Oriental, Maniema, North and South Kivu provinces. In 2014 Moussa started working in Haiti, where he served in MINUSTAH and MINUJUSTH until both missions closed in October 2017 and 2019 respectively and transitioned to BINUH. In that capacity he, inter alia, supported the development and implementation of the Mission’s corrections programme. Since September 2021, Moussa has been serving as Corrections Officer in DPO Justice and Corrections Standing Capacity (JCSC), based at the United Nations Global Service Centre in Brindisi/Italy. During his time in the JCSC, Moussa has been, inter alia, deployed to Haiti (BINUH) to oversee the Mission’s corrections portfolio; the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) to support the implementation of the Central African prison demilitarization strategy; Abyei (UNISFA) to establish priority areas for assistance to inform the Mission’s corrections support strategy; and Libya (UNSMIL) to provide critical strategic surge capacity and support to the Mission in assisting the Libyan prison authorities.