The NCPT: an overview –– Hans Studer, former director or the Wauwilermoos Correctional Facility –– Dr. med. Joseph Germann, physician –– Dr. iur Dieter von Blarer, consultant and mediator (as of May 2017) –– Magdalena Urrejola, migration law expert (as of May 2017) 1.2.3  Secretariat The NCPT Secretariat is responsible for the operational planning and organisation of the Commission’s monitoring activities. It is further responsible for the planning and preparation of the Commission›s inspection visits in advance as well as for the postprocessing including the preparation of all reports and position papers addressed to federal or cantonal authorities. It maintains regular contact with other human rights bodies at both the UN and Council of Europe level and with partner organisations abroad. Within Switzerland it communicates with federal and cantonal authorities as well as with civil society organisations. The NCPT secretariat currently employs five part-time employees, who fill the equivalent of 3.3 full-time positions, plus one graduate trainee. In addition, under a service agreement with the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Human Rights (SCHR), the Commission is assisted in its work by academic experts acting as consultants, to the equivalent of a 40% position. –– Sandra Imhof, Head of Secretariat –– Alexandra Kossin, Scientific Collaborator, Repatriation Monitoring, and Deputy Head of Secretariat –– Kelly Bishop, Scientific Collaborator, Federal Asylum Centres –– Tsedön Khangsar (as of October 2017), Scientific Collaborator, Healthcare Pilot Project –– Agnes Meister, (as of July 2017), Administrative Assistant –– Kevin Schori, Graduate Trainee –– Anja Eugster (until 30 September); Lukas Heim (as of October 2017), SCHR academic consultant Activity Report NCPT 2017 9