CHAPTER 4. Legal Awareness The preamble of the OPCAT states that the effective prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment requires education and a combination of various legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures. One of the directions of the Azerbaijani NPM is the organization of legal awareness work addressed at the persons detained in the places which a person cannot leave on his own will and service personnel working with them. In 2017, the meetings, seminars and trainings based on national and international legislation provisions, the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and other international standards were organized in children’s houses and boarding schools, different state agencies, Scientific-Education Centers of Armed Forces, the Academies of law-enforcement bodies, military units, penitentiary institutions. The scheduled and continuous trainings carried out upon national and international standards assume high importance from the standpoint of popularization of the NPM, support to its activity, capacity building and legal awareness, as well as implementation of recommendations of this kind. During meetings and receptions were held with police, prison authorities, migration agencies, education, social service and psychiatric institutions the legal awareness work was conducted with them both in Baku and in other cities and regions of the country, the importance of special attention to ensuring human rights and freedoms was brought to point, and the activities carried out by the institution in order to implement the “National Preventive Mechanism for Prevention of Torture”. Along with the above mentioned, the cooperation in this field was discussed, the legal publications, manuals, the posters on hot-line, learning of these materials and their use in trainings, practical application were recommended. Within the framework of visits to enterprises where detainees cannot leave their own will, the legal awareness work was conducted with administration and responsible employees of enterprises, the given recommendations were substantiated about national and international legislation, substantial improvements in medical services and documentation, and the elimination of deficiencies. The Commissioner considers that, the learning process of the demands of the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or 66