Overview of the NCPT 4.1 Organisation The Commission is composed of 12 experts, who are appointed by the Federal Council and chosen for their professional expertise in the fields of human rights, law, correctional and administrative detention, medicine, psychiatry, child and adult protection and police work. Members of the Commission: – Regula Mader, Chair – Leo Näf, Vice Chair – Giorgio Battaglioni, Vice Chair – Daniel Bolomey – Corinne Devaud-Cornaz – Philippe Gutmann – Hanspeter Kiener – Ursula Klopfstein – Thomas Maier – Helena Neidhart – Esther Omlin – Erika Steinmann 4.2 Observers For the regular observation of police escorted transports and forced return flights, the Commission, in addition to deploying its own staff, calls upon external observers. In 2020 these observers were: – Jean-Sébastian Blanc (since July) – Dieter von Blarer – Martina Caroni (until June) – Joseph Germann – Alfred Hodel (until June) – Thomas Maurer (until June) – Magdalena Urrejola – Hans Studer (until June) – Barbara Yurkina-Zingg (until June) 28 Activity report NCPT 2020