Organisational matters CPT membership 74. On 31 December 2016, the CPT comprised 46 members. The seat in respect of Slovenia was vacant. Twenty-seven of the CPT’s members were men and 19 were women. Consequently, applying the “less-than-40%” criterion used by the Parliamentary Assembly in Resolution 1540 (2007),20 neither sex is currently under-represented in the Committee. 75. In the course of 2016, the composition of the CPT underwent some changes, arising from the biennial renewal of its membership. A total of five new members were elected, namely Anthony Abela Medici (Malta), Vânia Costa Ramos (Portugal), Olga Noyanova (Russian Federation), Ceyhun Qaracayev (Azerbaijan) and Răzvan Horaţiu Radu (Romania). Katja Šugman Stubbs (Slovenia) resigned on 6 September 2016. The CPT wishes to thank her warmly for her contribution to the Committee’s work. A list of CPT members as at 31 December 2016 is set out in Appendix 4. 76. The next biennial renewal of the CPT’s membership is due to take place at the end of 2017, the terms of office of 23 members of the Committee expiring on 19 December 2017. The CPT trusts that all the national delegations concerned in the Parliamentary Assembly will put forward lists of candidates in good time, so as to enable the Bureau of the Assembly to transmit the lists to the Committee of Ministers by the end of June 2017 at the latest. If the election procedure for all the seats can be completed before the end of 2017, this will greatly facilitate the planning of the CPT’s activities for the following year. As at 31 December 2016, the spread of professional experience within the CPT’s membership remains on the whole satisfactory. However, the Committee still needs more members with first-hand knowledge of and experience in police matters (in particular investigation work) and/or prison matters (notably prison health-care specialists), as well as prosecutors. Members with specific experience of working with vulnerable groups in situations of deprivation of liberty would also be an asset. 20. See Resolution 1540 (2007), sub-paragraph 7.2 of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly on improving selection procedures for CPT members: “[…] lists of candidates shall include at least one man and one woman, except when all candidates on the list are of the sex under-represented on the CPT (less than 40%) […]”. ► Page 41