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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
Name Countries assigned
Abdallah Ounnir (Head) South Africa, Tunisia, Gabon, Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau
Bhooshun Domah Burkina Faso, RCA, Mozambique, Sierra Leone
Daniel Fink Burundi, Benin, Senegal, Cabo Verde, Zambia
Hamet Diakhate Mali, Niger, DRC, Madagascar, Guinee
Hamida Dridi Morocco, Mauritania, Mauritius, Togo
Julia Kozma Rwanda, Ghana, Liberia, South Sudan, Angola
Americas
Name Countries assigned
Juan Pablo Vegas (Head) Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua
Marie Brasholt Bolivia, Costa Rica, Uruguay
Andrea Casamento Ecuador, Panamá, Paraguay
Carmen Comas-Mata Mira Argentina, Belize, Mexico, Venezuela
Marco Feoli Guatemala, Honduras, Peru
Asia Pacific
Name Countries assigned
Victor Zaharia Lebanon, Philippines, State of Palestine
Shujune Muhammad Afghanistan, Australia, New Zealand, Nauru
Nika Kvaratskheklia (Head) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia
Jakub Czepek Cambodia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste
Europe
Name Countries assigned
Uju Agomoh Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Ireland
Vasiliki Artinopoulou (Head) Czechia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, Norway
Massimiliano Bagaglini Cyprus, Georgia, Lithuania, Serbia
Suzanne Jabbour France, Luxembourg, Turkey, Switzerland
Andrew Christoffel Nissen Moldova, United Kingdom, Poland, Slovakia
Zdenka Perovic Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia
Maria Luisa Romero Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Spain
Elīna Šteinerte Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Iceland, Montenegro
Anica Tomsic Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Ukraine, Belgium
Martin Zinkler Estonia, Portugal, Romania, Sweden

Signatories are in italics

To contact the members of the SPT Regional Teams, please email ohchr-opcat@un.org