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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)

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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

Distribution of country responsibilities among members of the SPT Regional Teams

Africa

Member

Countries assigned

Hanss-Jorg V. Bannvart

Mauritania, Tunisia

Víctor Madrigal-Borloz

Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Paul Lam Shang Leen

Mali, Togo

Hans Draminsky Petersen

Benin, Mauritius

Olivier Obrecht

Burkina Faso, Liberia

Fortuné Gaetan Zongo

Senegal, Gabon

Americas

Member

Countries assigned

Enrique Andrés Font

Chile, Uruguay

Emilio Ginés Santidrián

Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico

Maria Margarida E. Pressburger

Honduras, Paraguay

Miguel Sarre Iguiniz

Nicuaragua, Panama

Judith Salgado

Costa Rica, Peru

Felipe Villavicencio Terreros

Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala

Asia Pacific

Member

Countries assigned

Arman Danielyan

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

Suzanne Jabour

Philippines,  Maldives

Lowell Patria Goddard

Lebanon,  Nauru

June C. Pagaduan Lopez

Cambodia, New Zealand

Europe

Member

Countries assigned

Mari Amos

Denmark, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Malcolm Evans

Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania

Milos Jankovic

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Portugal

Petros Michaelides

France, Liechtenstein, Republic of Moldova, Estonia

Aisha Shujune Muhammad

Germany, Armenia, Slovenia, Poland

Christian Pross

Austria, Luxembourg, Netherlands 

Aneta Stanchevska

Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Cyprus

Wilder Tayler Souto

Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic

Victor Zaharia

Malta, Azerbaijan, Georgia

Should you wish to contact the members of the SPT Regional Teams, please send your queries to opcat@ohchr.org

 
 
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