address the issues raised, as well as visits were held to all police departments. It was mentioned that as a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), the visit was conducted to the places where detainees cannot leave at their own will, including visits to penitentiary institutions, temporary detention places, as well as social facilities, boarding houses for elderly and disabled people, psychiatric hospitals and immediately after each visit, the information regarding this issue was made to the press, and that the appeals were sent to the relevant bodies. The questions of the guests were thoroughly answered about the situation in penitentiary institutions, the provision of the rights of detainees, including health care, the work done about received persons and their work in the direction of effective provision of their applications. A consultative meeting of the National Preventive Mechanisms in Europe and other regions was held in Strasbourg, France, in co-organized by the Council of Europe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in 2017. At the event, which covers May 30 - June 1, the presentations made by independent experts of the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the CAT,SPT, CPT, APT Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHR) were listened, discussions were held at the sessions on discussed topics62. It should be noted that the relevant Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. IlhamAliyev on February 102017, will contribute on prevention of the application of restrictions on freedom of movement of migrants between persons who have committed a crime, humanization of criminal prosecution and penal execution in this direction, the development of existing experience in the field of gradually abandoning the practice of isolation from the society will be the main objective in this area. During the visit, the Ombudsman's publications, annual reports, copies of the Commissioner's report on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism have been given to the Council of Europe. Representative of the Council of Europe Ivan Koedjhikov, Ildiko Nemeth-Salacz and Deputy Head of the Baku Office of the organization Joel Mermet, were received by the Commissioner as part of the National Preventive Mechanism. 62 http://www.ombudsman.gov.az/az/view/news/707/ombudsmanin-numayendesi-avropashurasinda-kechirilmish-tedbirde-ishtirak-etmishdir 74