The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution has a Governing Council as its highest policy making organ.

The Council comprises the following:

• A Chairman
• One representative each from the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, one of whom must be a woman.

  One representative each from:

• The Presidency
• The International Organizations and Donor Agencies
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Ministry of Defense
• A female representative of the Ministry of Women Affairs
• The Commandant of the national War College
• The Director-General of the Institute