Regional Teams
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
The SPT Regional Teams are made up of SPT members; each team has a Head who co-ordinates the activities in the region.
Country responsibilities are distributed as follows:
Africa
Members (6) | Countries (25) |
Barbara Bernath | Benin, Morocco, South Africa, Togo, Sierra Leone, Chad |
Luciano Maia | Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Mozambique, South Sudan, Angola, Guinee-Bissau |
Paul Lam Shang Leen (Head) | Burkina, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Zambia |
Omar Battas | Burundi, Mauritania, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon |
Hamet Diakhate | Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Madagascar, Guinee |
Julia Kozma | Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mauritius, Rwanda |
Americas
Members (4) | Countries (15) |
Juan Pablo Vegas | Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua |
Marie Brasholt | Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Uruguay |
Carmen Comas-Mata Mira | Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela |
Marco Feoli (Head) | Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru |
Asia Pacific
Members (4) | Countries (13) |
Victor Zaharia (Head) | State of Palestine, Lebanon, Philippines |
Shujune Muhammad | Australia, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Nauru |
Nika Kvaratskheklia | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia |
Jakub Czepek | Maldives, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Timor-Leste |
Europe
Members (11) | Countries (41) |
Uju Agomoh | Denmark, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
Vasiliki Artinopoulou (Head) | Czechia, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia |
Massimiliano Bagaglini | Cyprus, Georgia, Lithuania, Serbia |
Suzanne Jabbour | France, Türkiye, Switzerland, Belgium |
Andrew Christoffel Nissen | Moldova, United Kingdom, Poland |
Kalliopi Kambanella | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Montenegro, North Macedonia |
Djordje Alempijevic | Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, Malta |
Maria Luisa Romero | Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Spain |
Elīna Šteinerte | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Iceland |
Anica Tomsic | Greece, Hungary, Ukraine, Ireland |
Martin Zinkler | Estonia, Portugal, Romania, Sweden |
Signatories are in italics
To contact the members of the SPT Regional Teams, please email [email protected]