The drafting of the Abidjan Principles was led by a drafting committee, whose role focused on creating a draft text to be presented at the Adoption Conference.

Signatories were experts who provided comments and feedback on the draft text, and who signed on to support the final text of the Abidjan Principles. A full list of the experts involved, including those in attendance at the adoption, is available here.

All the experts acted in their individual capacities and were fully independent from any State or other organisation.