Republic of Azerbaijan, there was organized the education of representatives of law-enforcement bodies, respective structures, lawyers and NGOs specialized in human rights sphere on the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and Optional Protocol to it, wide –scaled discussions were held in this regard in the Academies of law-enforcement bodies, Police Academy and the Academy of Justice. These events were continued by the NPG members in the penitentiary institutions, the OPCAT provisions were promoted in institutions, the Commissioner’s competences as NPM, the works carried out within this frame, the visits held in the institutions which persons cannot leave on their own will and their results were among the topics during the legal awareness events. A range of events linked to the 10th anniversary of the OPCAT were conducted with participation of staff of the law – enforcement bodies, social, healthcare and psychiatric institutions; numerous proposals on efficient ensuring of human rights submitted to state bodies, existing approaches, challenges and ways of their solution were demonstrated by presentations to the participants.44 The events linked to the 10th anniversary of entering into force of the OPCAT were continued by the regional centers of the Ombudsman in Ganja, Sheki, Jalilabad and Guba in the country regions. As in previous year, legal awareness trainings were continued in the regions jointly with the UNICEF, Police Academy and Academy of Justice. The NPG members participated as experts in the trainings on the 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. At the Commissioner’s initiative, in cooperation with the UNICEF, the NPG members and the staff members of the Commissioner’s regional centers continued the trainings in the regions on the topics “Capacity building in monitoring in child rights sphere” considered for the staff of judicial, police, education, healthcare, local executive powers bodies working in child rights sphere. 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 44 http://ombudsman.gov.az/en/view/news/406/the-ombudsman-office-held-range-ofevents-in-relation-to-the-10th-anniversary-of-un-opcat 72