efficient ensuring the rights of citizens when inviting to the unit, also as suspected persons. The visits without prior notification were held in PUs No.26, 27, 28 and No.29 of Yasamal DPO. During the visits held 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 it was observed that no detainees were in the PUs, and service rooms of the staff were visited. The purpose of the visit was investigation of detention conditions and treatment, ensuring the rights of detainees, as well as the revise of conduction the relevant documentation. The temporary detention places were visited for investigation of detention conditions, the documentation upon “the journals of registration of persons brought to the police bodies, as well as of juveniles” in PUs was investigated. It was also observed that there were not rooms for investigation in the PUs No. 26 and No. 28, the detention place in the PU No. 29 didn’t meet the standards, despite newly construction of administrative building of the PU No. 27, there was a need in improving the conditions in the detention place. At the end of the visit, the administration of the abovementioned police units were given recommendations on elimination in compliance with the relevant legislation of revealed shortcomings, as well as insufficiencies in documentation, the legal awareness work targeted at the staff members of the institution was carried out basing on the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The NPG members conducted a visit without prior notification to the PU No. 25 of Nizami DPO. The purpose of the visit was the investigation of ensuring the detainees’ rights in the unit, treatment, as well as conduction of relevant documentation. As the administrative building of the unit was put into exploitation newly, the conditions in the cells of detention for investigation were normal; it was revealed that there was no detained person at the time of visit. For investigation of the situation with conduction of the documentation “the journals of registration of persons brought to the police bodies, as well as of juveniles” were revised. During this, it was observed that in certain parts of the journal there were roughs and the unit administration was given recommendations on elimination of shortcomings; the legal awareness 22