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
Secretary General
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
Programme Director Anti-Torture Programme
Kathrin Rüegg
Director of Operations Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Radoš Piletić
Director of Institutional Development Institutional Development & Donor Relations
Delphine Reculeau
Director of SOS Torture Network SOS-Torture Network
Stella Anastasia
Human Rights Officer & Network Coordinator SOS-Torture Network Mobilisation Programme
Nicole Bürli
Senior Human Rights Adviser (Asia) Convention Against Torture Programme
Jacqueline Shahinian
Administration Officer Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Teresa Cal
Development Adviser for Individual Giving Institutional Development & Donor Relations
Laure Elmaleh
Programme Coordinator Child Rights Programme
Helena Solà Martín
Senior Legal Policy Adviser Anti-Torture Programme
Isidore Collins Ngueuleu
Senior Human Rights Adviser (Africa) Convention Against Torture Programme
Claire-Marie Germain
Digital Communications Manager Communications
Mohamed Taraoui
Finance Manager Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Marc Aebersold
Accountant Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Olga Guzman Vergara
Human Rights Adviser for Latin America
Sibylle Mani
Human Rights Officer for Afghanistan Human Rights Defenders Programme / Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Louis Chenaille
Communications Officer Communications
Giuseppe Scirocco
Human Rights Adviser Human Rights Defenders Programme / Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Charlotte Mancini
Advocacy & Network Coordinator SOS-Torture Network Mobilisation Programme
Agapi Katsamani
Finance and Administration Assistant Finance and Administration
Miguel Martín Zumalacárregui
Head of the OMCT Europe Office in Brussels
Miguel Zumalacárregui is head of the OMCT Europe Office in Brussels, and human rights adviser in the Human Rights Defenders Programme. He also represents OMCT as a member of the advisory group to ESCR-Net's System of Solidarity.
Hélène Bailleul
Sub-grants and Operations Coordinator
Liliane Corbesier
Accountant Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Clara Ferrerons Galeano
Human Rights Officer Human Rights Defenders Programme / Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Maria Lesire-Schweitzer
Human Rights Officer Human Rights Defenders Programme / Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Cécilia de Armas Michelis
Human Rights Adviser
Naz Okçal
Grants and Reporting Officer
Eugenia Andreyuk
Programme Coordinator, Regional Programme on Europe and Central Asia
Donovan Jiménez Ortega
Junior Human Rights Officer
Dalia Umugwaneza
Finance and Administration Manager Finance, Administration and Human Resources
Desiree Shayer-McLeod
Development Adviser for Institutional Giving Institutional development
Gabriele Reiter
Head of the OMCT Office in Tunisia
Jihene Hosni
Director of Finance and Administration Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Hélène Legeay
Legal Director SANAD-ElHaq & Advocacy
Najla Talbi
Director of SANAD SANAD Direct Assistance Programme
Khaled Salem
Head of OMCT Libya
Achref Afi
Legal Officer Libya Programme
Yosra Boudhief
Legal Coordinator SANAD Direct Assistance Programme
Oussama Bouagila
Advocacy Officer Advocacy
Loubeba Chalbi
Legal Coordinator SANAD Direct Assistance Programme
Safa Echtioui
Project and Logistics Officer Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Sabrine Gatri
Social Coordinator SANAD Direct Assistance Programme
Hafid Hafi
Legal Officer SANAD-ElHaq
Inès Lamloum
Legal Officer SANAD-ElHaq & Advocacy
Amen Allah Lassoued
Coordinator CGPR Programme Institution building
Mohamed Messaoudi
Logistics and Administrative Assistant, Finance Administration & Human Resources
Wahiba Rabah
Subgrants Officer Advocacy
Nejla Slim
Project Officer SANAD Direct Assistance Programme
Marwa Sfar
Finance and Administration Officer Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Mona Siwi
Legal Officer Libya Programme
Nadia Soussi
Finance and Grants Officer Libya Programme
Faten Sfar
Administrative and HR Assistant Finance, Administration & Human Resources
Sahar Ben Hazem
Communication and Campaign Officer Libya Programme
Hassib Abidi
Legal Coordinator SANAD Direct Assistance Programme