Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol should be continued by law-enforcement bodies and other relevant authorities. Within the framework of legal awareness activities on February 10, 2017, the Commissioner made public discussions on the implementation of the Presidential Decree on "Improving the application of alternative penalties and procedural compulsory measures not related to the improvement of the activity in the penitentiary sphere, humanization of the penal policy and isolation from society". Representatives of MilliMejlis, court judges, representatives of relevant government agencies, including law enforcement agencies, international organizations, civil society institutions, NGOs and mass media took part in the event, the tasks arising from the document, the joint cooperation, were discussed58. Within the mandate of the Commissioner as a National Preventive Mechanism, a wide range of activities have been carried out, in cooperation with relevant state bodies responsible for the implementation of the tasks arising from the requirements of the Order. In 2017 legal awareness trainings were continued in the regions jointly with the UNICEF, Police Academy and the Academy of Justice. The NPG members participated as experts in the trainings on awareness and capacity building on the topics “Juvenile Justice and Torture Prevention” aimed at judges, staff of prosecutor’s offices, police, justice and local executive power bodies. The lectures on national legislation and international standards on torture prevention were delivered; wide discussions upon the topic and legal awareness work were carried out. The situation with assessment of influence of reforms in juvenile justice system at children in conflict with law, new approaches in activity of the Commissions on juveniles’ issues and protection of their rights under the local executive power bodies, positive practices of foreign countries in this field, existing difficulties were among topics of discussions. It has been widely informed activities of the Commissioner as a National Preventive Mechanism, about initiatives, activities and preventive measures, as well as the existing challenges and measures needed to support the juvenile justice system, the improvement of national legislation and experience in this area, as well as legal reforms in general. The discussions over increasing the awareness of police, prosecutor, judicial and other authorized bodies for making just decisions, the need in improvement of the measures carried out regarding juveniles displaying 58 http://xalqqazeti.com/az/news/news/82430 67