At the end of the visit, conversations were conducted by the NPG members with administration and staff of the institution basing on the national and international legislation, the recommendations was given regarding the treatment, detention conditions, the effective provision and control of health and other rights, and the implementation of recommendations regarding possible difficulties in the field. 2.2.9. The institutions of local executive power bodies Within the framework of the activity of the Ombudsman as an NPM the NPG members carried out 23 ad-hoc visits in 2017 under the demand of OPCAT and the Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the institutions under the jurisdiction of the local executive bodies and NPM. The visits were held basing on the national legislation, the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan On Child Rights, as well as the UN Convention on the Child Rights, the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the CPT Recommendations, the CPT Standards, the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Taking into account international experience, the issues of detention and treatment issues in these institutions, as well as the provision of national and international standards in practice have been examined and the implementation of recommendations made during previous visits to enterprises were examined on the spot. It was held visit in Baku City Children’s Home No.2 within framework Commissioners activity as an NPM, under the demands of OPCAT and the Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan by NPG members. The aim of the visit was investigation of the detention conditions and treatment issues towards them. Initially, a meeting was held with the director of a children's home, and it was found that 237 people were detained in the facility for a total of 300 people. Of these, 140 are children at the "Gunerzi Care Center" and 137 are permanently living in the facility. Children at the "Gunerzi Care Center", covering 3-13 year old children and they stay at the facility from 8:00 to 20:00 and have equal rights with other children living at that time. There are three pre-school groups in the institution. Each group includes 2 teachers, 2 supervisors. According to the information given by the head of the institution, children aged 3 to 18 are taken by their parents and legal representatives and in case of their absence, they are registered in the graduate school in Masazir settlement and provided with the necessary living conditions. It was defined that the parent of the four children detained 52

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