The prevention of torture: state of the matter 21.  Finally, the first 10 members of the SPT were chosen on December 18, 2006. Membership was increased to 25 on October 28, 2010 at the third Meeting of States Party to the OPCAT, which elected five members to replace those whose mandate expired on December 31, 2010. Pursuant to paragraph 1 of article 5 of the OPCAT, 15 more members were selected following the registration of the 50th ratification in September 2009, bringing membership of the subcommittee up to 25. To ensure an orderly transfer of functions in line with established practices, the mandate of seven of the 15 new members – designated by drawing lots – was reduced to two years. Accordingly, the current makeup of the subcommittee is as follows. The SPT has 25 members. 10 of them were selected on December 18, 2006 and the remaining 15 in 2009 following the registration of the 50th ratification Table 16. Current membership of the SPT Name Nationality Mandate expires on Ms. Mari AMOS Estonia 31 December 2014 Mr. Mario Luis CORIOLANO, Vice-Chairperson Argentina 31 December 2012 Mr. Arman DANIELYAN Armenia 31 December 2014 Ms. Marija DEFINIS-GOJANOVIC Croatia 31 December 2012 Mr. Malcolm EVANS, Chairperson UK 31 December 2012 Mr. Emilio GINÉS SANTIDRIÁN Spain 31 December 2014 Ms. Lowell Patria GODDARD New Zealand 31 December 2012 Mr. Zdenek HAJEK, Vice-Chairperson Czech Republic 31 December 2012 Ms. Suzanne JABBOUR, Vice-Chairperson Lebanon 31 December 2012 Mr. Goran KLEMENCIC Slovenia 31 December 2012 Mr. Paul LAM SHANG LEEN Mauritius 31 December 2012 Mr. Zbigniew LASOCIK Poland 31 December 2012 Mr. Petros MICHAELIDES Cyprus 31 December 2014 Ms. Aisha Shujune MUHAMMAD, Vice-Chairperson Maldives 31 December 2014 Mr. Olivier OBRECHT France 31 December 2014 Mr. Hans Draminsky PETERSEN Denmark 31 December 2014 Ms. María Margarida E. PRESSBURGER Brazil 31 December 2012 Mr. Christian PROSS Germany 31 December 2012 Mr. Víctor Manuel RODRIGUEZ-RESCIA Costa Rica 31 December 2012 Ms. Judith SALGADO Ecuador 31 December 2014 Mr. Miguel SARRE IGUÍNIZ Mexico 31 December 2014 Ms. Aneta STANCHEVSKA FYR Macedonia 31 December 2014 Mr. Wilder TAYLER SOUTO Uruguay 31 December 2014 Mr. Felipe VILLAVICENCIO TERREROS Peru 31 December 2014 Mr. Fortuné Gaétan ZONGO Burkina Faso 31 December 2014 THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN   35