of cell and reception of parcels was inspected; the documents on daily prosecutor’s control, as well as treatment issues were investigated. The detainees didn’t express dissatisfaction with the detention conditions. During the visit it was revealed that the building of Khizi District Police Department (DPD) and TDP was old and was in need of repair and improving. Within the frames of the visit the legal awareness conversations were conducted with the staff members of the police department basing on the demands of the United Nations Convention on Prevention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol to it. At the end of the visit the head of the institution was given recommendations by the Ombudsman and the NPG members regarding improvement of the detention conditions and treatment issues, the discussions were conducted upon the mentioned matters. The Ombudsman and the National Preventive Group members conducted on different times scheduled and ad-hoc visits without prior notifications to the temporary detention place of Tovuz District Police Department. The aim of the visits conducted upon the demands of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Prevention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan was investigation of the detention conditions and treatment, ensuring the rights of detainees, as well as the situation with conduction of documentation. The detainees received within the frames of the visits didn’t express dissatisfaction with the detention conditions and treatment. During the visits the condition of documentation was also revised and it was revealed that relevant notes were made incorrectly and insufficiencies were allowed. From this standpoint the head of the institution was given recommendations by the Ombudsman regarding improvement of the detention conditions and treatment issues, the discussions were conducted upon the mentioned matters. Within the frames of the visits the legal awareness conversations were conducted with the staff members of the police department basing on the demands of the United Nations Convention on Prevention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol to it. The shortcomings revealed during the visits conducted by the Ombudsman and her NPG members within the frames of the activity of the Commissioner as the NPM were solved on the spot by the preventive 30