Meet our dedicated team based in three countries. The OMCT has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from where it works closely with dozens of international organisations and facilitates working visits by numerous partners around the world. From Brussels, Belgium, OMCT Europe helps the voices of our SOS-Torture Network be heard by the institutions of the European Union. Since 2011, the OMCT office in Tunis, Tunisia, coordinates the activities of the organisation in the Middle East and North Africa region, including the direct assistance programme SANAD in Tunisia with regional counselling centres in Kef and Sfax.
Gerald Staberock
Gerald Staberock is a qualified lawyer with dual Swiss and German citizenship. He has been Secretary General of the OMCT since 2011.
Carin Benninger-Budel
Deputy Secretary General Geneva
Kathrin Rüegg
Director of Operations Operations
Helena Solà Martín
Director of Anti-Torture Programme Anti-Torture Programme
Thomas Seghezzi
Human Resources Manager Operations
Francesca Pezzola
Director of Communications Communications
Radoš Piletić
Director of Development Development, Donor Relations & Impact Orientation
Stella Anastasia
Co-Head of Regional Desk Asia & Pacific, Southeast Asia Regional Desk Asia & Pacific
Nicole Bürli
Co-Head of Regional desk Asia & Pacific, South Asia Regional Desk Asia & Pacific
Laure Elmaleh
Child Rights Programme Coordinator Child Rights Programme
Isidore Collins Ngueuleu
Head of Regional desk Africa Regional Desk Africa
Mohamed Taraoui
Finance Manager Operations
Marc Aebersold
Accountant Operations
Olga Guzman Vergara
Head of Regional Desk Americas Regional Desk Americas
Sibylle Mani
Human Rights Coordinator for Afghanistan Regional Desk Asia
Giuseppe Scirocco
Human Rights Adviser Human Rights Defenders Programme
Charlotte Mancini
Human Rights Adviser Regional Desk Africa
Agapi Katsamani
Finance and Administration Assistant Operations
Olivia García Montabes
Impact Orientation Advisor Development, Donor Relations and Impact Orientation
Martina Kulková
Finance Coordinator Operations
Aurore Heugas
Communications and Campaigns Officer Communications
Teresa Cal
Development Adviser for Individual Giving Development, Donor Relations & Impact Orientation
Marie Salphati
United Against Torture Consortium Coordinator & Anti-Torture Advocacy Advisor Anti-Torture Programme
Olivia Ekobe
Human Rights Officer Human Rights Defenders' Programme
Issa Cristina Hernandez Herrera
SOS-Torture Network & UN Advocacy Coordinator
Jacqueline Shahinian
Administration Officer Operations
Eugenia Andreyuk
Hélène Bailleul
Isabel Rosales
Director of the Human Rights Defenders Programme
Mariana Antunes Garrido
Human Rights Adviser for the Human Rights Defenders Programme
Desiree Shayer-McLeod
Development Adviser for Institutional Giving Development, Donor Relations & Impact Orientation
Cécilia de Armas Michelis
Global Torture Index Coordinator
Clarisse Fagard
Human Rights Officer
Doris Otis
Sub-grant Officer Sub-grants
Naz Okçal
Protection Officer
Donovan Jiménez Ortega
Human Rights Officer Regional Desk Americas
Evindar Başboğa
Human Rights Officer Europe and Central Asia Programme
Lucrecia Cisneros Rincon
Digital Communications Officer Communications