Prima is an alumna of The IIJ. She completed the online and in-person components of the Financial Counter-Terrorism Academic Curriculum (FIN CTAC) for Southeast Asian practitioners in 2024. Prior to joining The IIJ, Prima served as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Philippines, for ten years. She was a designated prosecutor for cases involving extrajudicial killings, media killings, trafficking in persons, terrorism and terrorism financing cases. She was also a prosecutor-evaluator for the DOJ Witness Protection Program of Region XII in Mindanao, Philippines.

Aside from prosecutorial work, Prima was part of the training pool of the Special Projects Division, DOJ National Prosecution Service. She was the Course Manager for the Technical Working Group (TWG) for Environmental Crimes, and a member of the TWGs for Techniques in Witness Handling, International Humanitarian Law, and Counterterrorism and Terrorism Financing. Before becoming a prosecutor, she was a legal counsel of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) for seven years. As FFFJ counsel, she served as a private prosecutor in several media killing cases including the consolidated Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre cases.

Emrecan joined the IIJ in April 2025 as a Senior Legal Adviser, seconded by the Government of Türkiye. Prior to joining IIJ he served as a Rapporteur Judge at the Court of Cassation, focusing on crimes related to privacy of private life and protection of personal data. He began his career as a prosecutor, later he also served as a Rapporteur Judge at the Ministry of Justice of Türkiye, within the Directorate General For Foreign Relations And European Union Affairs, where he worked on international rogatory issues.
Additionally he has participated in various workshops and programs that called International Judicial Co-operation Criminal Matters in Türkiye, for advancing legal education and empowering and mentoring criminal justice practitioners in the legal profession. He also lectured at Turkish Justice Academy to increase the awareness of prosecutor-judge candidates. Emrecan holds a master’s degree in public law with his work on extraordinary legal remedies.

John joined the IIJ as Senior Investigations Adviser in January 2023 seconded by the Government of the
United Kingdom. As a British Police Officer for 27 years, he served as a Senior Investigating Officer in the
fields of counter-terrorism, homicide and major crime including the management of high-risk investigations at both strategic and tactical levels, leading covert deployments to manage risk within manhunts, threats to life and gun crime investigations.

John has extensive experience working with international law enforcement partners within national and
international frameworks to ensure the protection of Human Rights and legal compliance in counter-terrorism investigations.