attention. The prisoners’ rights to social security, to health, to appeal, to receive legal aid and others in the places of arrest and penitentiary institutions were also subjects of the investigation. The proposals and recommendations put forward by the NPG members within the framework of the activity of the Commissioner as an NPM in compliance with the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law, are linked to the national legislation and based on the reports of the CAT, SPT, CPT, European Penitentiary Rules, Istanbul Protocol and other international standards. The information on supposed subjection to ill-treatment or violence and received on this regard were investigated on the spot, the Office of the Prosecutor General and Ministry of Justice was urged immediately upon the gathered materials and it was recommended the efficient investigation taking the raised matter under the control. In 2017, the NPG members conducted several scheduled and ad-hoc visits without prior notification to Baku Investigation Isolator21. The visit conducted within the framework of the activity of the Ombudsman as an NPM upon the demands of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The purpose of these visits was to investigate the detention conditions and treatment, as well as investigation of applications addressed to the Commissioner and the conduction of relevant documentation. Within the framework of the visit conducted with the participation of the Ombudsman by the members of the NPG, detention conditions and treatment issues were investigated, many defendants were personally accepted, their petitions and appeals were reviewed, foreign nationals have been receivedindividually22, the status of the ensuring rights, the applications and the issues they raised have been investigated and a number of appeals have been provided on site in Baku Investigation Isolator23. Basing on the gathered materials the Office of the Prosecutor General or the Ministry of Justice upon related matters were urged immediately, the efficient investigation of raised issues keeping them under control was recommended and other relevant measures were carried out. Within the framework of the visit conducted with the participation of doctor – member of the NPG, the arrested persons from different object of the institution were received, the works carried out on treatment matters, detention conditions with regard the switch to a summer regime, ventilation, nutrition, water supply, medical aid, as well as the status of implementation 21 https://azvision.az/news/126115/ombudsman-baki-istintaq-tecridxanasinda-olub.html http://www.ombudsman.gov.az/az/view/news/505/ombudsmanin-milli-preventiv-qrupu-terefinden-baki-istintaqtecridxanasina-bashchekme-heyata-kechirilmishdir 23 https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/2796100.html 22 23