Patients and the Treatment of Mental Disorders, and there were carried out legal awareness conversations targeted at the head and staff of institution for the protection of rights of persons detained in the psychiatric institutions, for prevention of any ill – treatment towards them may occur in future. The NPG members carried out a visit upon the OPCAT demands in Ganja City Psychiatric Hospital. During the visit the premises of the enterprise, canteen and cuisine, food storage, pharmacy, sanitary junctions, meeting and rest rooms and other facilities were examined. During the course of the visit, recommendations were made with regard the fact that the premises had problems with heating, poor supply of gas and old heating system, as well as major repairs, clothing and bedding in departments, and taking necessary measures and improving the storage conditions were observed. According to the international standards and the requirements of the conditions of detention of patients in the psychiatric institutions of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, each individual patient is required to have sufficient personal space. During the visit it was revealed that the conditions in the departments are not favorable for the persons with the mental illness, the deficiency of medicines has been determined, and due to these issues recommendations were given to the MH within framework of the Ombudsman as an NPM. During private interviews with patients, they did not complain, but made appeals to improve the situation in the rooms and nutritional support. From this point of view, there is a need to continue the activities related to solution of the issues. During the visit, it was found that the condition of the meeting rooms was normal in the institution, although it was found that the patient had no documentation about the meeting with family members and relatives that the relevant registration was not performed and it was recommended to eliminate this issue. Among the issues raised by the Ministry of Health within the framework of the NPM activity there was also the acceleration of work on the construction of a new psychiatric hospital in Ganja city. During the visit by the NPG members under the demand of the OPCAT to the Gazakh Inter-Regional Psychiatric Hospital conversations with head of the hospital were held, the two-storey building of the hospital, wards for women and men, rooms for doctors and nurses, canteen, cuisine, food storage and other facilities were investigated. Taking into account our previous recommendations, the condition of the central heating system installed in the enterprise and the general state of conditions in the departments, the hygiene, the presence of normal window 40