Visits were held on the basis of national legislation, Constitutional Law on the Ombudsman of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Children's Rights", as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, OPCAT, CPT recommendations, CPT standards, recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Child. The school management informed that the facility operates since 1960. At the facility, the students from Gazakh, Aghstafa, Tovuz and Shamkir are currently studying. During the visit the dormitories, classrooms and educational rooms, administrative rooms, kitchens, baths and common areas, the conditions of detention and treatment of children in the institution, their education and leisure time were investigated. Tête-à-tête meetings were conducted with the children. Children were asked questions about the treatment issues, conditions and their rights were explained. During the visit the school's medical center allocation of funds for the provision of essential medical care, renovation of classrooms, adequate equipment for the hostel, refreshment of the canteen and kitchen water system, transfer of food storage facilities to more refrigerated premises and health-consciousness were observed. Improvement of the organization's activities with documentation and related registries, and the involvement of children with disabilities in the health education of healthy children are also among these issues. At the end of the visit, basing on national legislation and the Convention of the Rights of the Child, the NPG members recommended to the administration of the school to carry out teaching of child rights, to keep under control the situation with treatment of children by the staff. The visit was held in Ganja City Football Retirement Type Boarding School by NPG members. The aim of the visit under the demand of OPCAT was to assess treatment conditions and conditions of detention in the enterprise. The gymnasium noted that over 50 children were accommodated on a 160-bedded maternity hospital, while 287 children were educated here. During the visit gymnasium building consisting of 2 buildings, a dormitory, a canteen, a food store, a medical room, a football arena, baths and rest rooms were investigated. Despite the existence of heating systems in the gymnasium, due to the lack of natural gas, temporary electric heaters were used in dormitories and classrooms. 46

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