The names in italics are those of currently serving Commissioners.
West Africa
- Judge Koffi Améga (Togo)
- the late A.B. Bèye (Mali)
- Prof. E.V.O. Dankwa (Ghana)
- Justice Vera Duarté-Martins (Cape Verde)
- Mr S.S. Janneh (The Gambia)
- Mrs Jainaba Johm (The Gambia)
- Justice Y. Ndiaye (Sénégal)
- Prof. U. Umozurike (Nigeria)
- Amb. (Mrs) Salimata Sawadogo (Burkina Faso)
- Mr Mohamed Abdellahi Ould Babana (Mauritania)
- Me Reine Alapini-Gansou (Benin) [Chair]
- Mr Musa Ngary Bitaye (The Gambia)
- Mrs Catherine Dupe Atoki (Nigeria)
- Me Soyata Maiga (Mali)
North Africa
- Mr. M. H. Ben Salem (Tunisia)
- Dr Ali Bouhedma (Libya)
- Dr I. B. EI-Sheikh (Egypt)
- Ambassador Kamel Rezag-Bara (Algeria)
- Mr Yaser Sid Ahmad El-Hassan (Sudan)
- Mr Mohammed Fayek (Egypt)
- Mr Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah (Tunisia)
Southern Africa
- Mr Mubanga-Chipoya (Zambia)
- Dr Barney Pityana (South Africa)
- the late Judge Moleleki Mokama (Botswana)
- Mr Andrew Chigovera (Zimbabwe)
- Dr Vera Chirwa (Malawi)
- Justice Sanji Mmasenono Monageng (Botswana)
- Dr Angela Melo (Mozambique)
- Mr Mumba Malila (Zambia) [Vice Chair]
- Adv. (Ms) Faith Pansy Tlakula (South Africa)
- Justice Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen (Mauritius)
Central Africa
- Mr Alexis Gabou (Congo)
- the late Prof. Isaac Nguema (Gabon)
- Mrs Julienne Ondziel-Gnelenga (Congo)
- Justice Lucy Asuagbor (Cameroon)
East Africa
- the late Ambassador Grace lbingira (Uganda)
- Mrs Florence Butegwa (Uganda)
- Justice R. H. Kissanga (Tanzania)
- Mr Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga (Tanzania)
- Mrs Zainabo Sylvie Kayitesi (Rwanda)