General Assembly, Council & Executive Committee
IRCT General Assembly
The General Assembly is the democratic basis of the IRCT governance structure. All IRCT member centres take part in the General Assembly. Through the General Assembly, members elect regional representatives and provide input into the policies and strategies of the IRCT in order to advance the global mission of the organisation.
IRCT Council
(elected in 2012 for the period 2012-2015)
Asia
Mr Pradeep Agrawal, SOSRAC, India
Mr. Kamrul Khan, CRTS, Bangladesh
Ms. Christine Shanti Arlulampala, Survivors Associated, Sri Lanka
Ms. Edeliza Hernandez, MAG, The Philippines
Europe
Ms Sebnem Korur Fincanci, HRFT, Turkey
Mr. Boris Drozdek, Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid, Netherlands
Ms. Karin Verland, DIGNITY, Denmark
Mr. Pierre Duterte, Parcours d’Exil, France
Ms. Ludmilla Popovici, Memoria, Moldova
Ms Mechthild Wenk-Ansohn, BZFO, Germany
Ms. Aida Alayarian, Refugee Therapy Centre, UK
Latin America
Ms. Eliomara Lavaire, CPTRT, Honduras
Ms Yadira Narvaez, PRIVA, Ecuador
Ms. Mariana Lagos, EATIP, Argentina
Ms Simona Ruy-Perez, CINTRAS, Chile
Middle East and North Africa
Mr. Siavash Rahpeik Havakhor, ODVV, Iran
Ms Suzanne Jabbour, RESTART, Lebanon
Mr. Mohamed Safa, Khiam Centre, Lebanon
North America
Ms Karen Hanscom, ASTT, United States
Ms. Karin Maria Linschoten, Edmonton Centre, Canada
Pacific
Ms. Bernadette McGrath, STTARS, Australia
Mr. Jeff Thomas, Refugee Trauma Recovery, New Zealand
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mr. Guy Kitwe Mulunda, Save Congo, DRC
Ms Uju Agomoh, PRAWA, Nigeria
Mr. Fidelis Mudimu, CSU, Zimbabwe
Mr. Samuel Herbert Nsubuga, ACTV, Uganda
Independent Experts
Ms Clarisse Delorme, WMA, France
Mr Lutz Oette, Redress Trust, UK
Mr Michael Brune, Haveno, Germany
IRCT Executive Committee
Ms Suzanne Jabbour, MENA – President
Ms Karen Hanscom, North America – Vice-President
Mr Pradeep Agrawal, Asia
Mr Boris Drozdek, Europ
Ms Simona Ruy-Perez, Latin America
Ms Bernadette McGrath, Pacific
Ms Uju Agomoh, Sub-Saharan Africa
Ms Clarisse Delorme, Independent Expert
For more information please dowload the IRCT Guidance brochure (PDF, 1,6Mb)
