CHAPTER 4. Legal Advocacy Legal advocacy is one of the priorities in the activity of the Commissioner as an NPM. Taking into account the positive contribution of legal education of the law-enforcement authorities into more efficient protection of human rights, it was decided to organize such awareness events and trainings on a regular basis. During a year, it were organized awareness events and trainings on human rights, national and international legal acts, treaties, including CAT, international standards for child houses and boarding schools, secondary and higher education institutions, various state authorities, training centers for military servicemen, law-enforcement academies, military units and jails. At the initiative of the Ombudsman and according to para. 4.1. of the National Action Program (NAP) on Raising Effectiveness of Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms in the Republic of Azerbaijan, it were held awareness activities for the law-enforcement bodies, other related authorities, lawyers and non-governmental organizations dealing with law issues on CAT and the OP, thereto; and broad discussions organized in the academies of law-enforcement, Police and Ministry of Justice. Furthermore, with regard para. 4.2 of the above noted NAP and according to the OPCAT, it were launched awareness and other events to effectively implement national preventive mechanism functions and the corresponding authorities were requested accordingly. This should be noted that NAP significantly contributes to new priorities in harmonization of legal and normative acts with international human rights standards, developing new cooperation strategies with international institutions, advancing the professional capacity of state authorities in the field of human rights, extending the legal awareness activities, developing the citizen-state relations and in determining new angles for better improvement of human rights and freedoms. Within 2015, the Commissioner in collaboration with UNICEF, Police and Ministry of Justice organized academies awareness and capacity building seminars titled “Fair Trial of Juveniles (Juvenile Justice)” for judges, prosecutors, police, justice and local executive bodies in 10 regions covering over 30 cities. In these awareness events held with presence of the NPG members as well, the attendants were delivered lectures on national and international standards of preventive measures of torture, and made interactive discussions. 63