The visit was conducted in the Detention Station for the administratively arrested persons of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The aim of the visit conducted upon the demands of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan was to investigate the detention conditions and treatment of the detainees, ensuring their rights, as well as the status of the conduction of the documentation. During the visit, the persons detained in the institution were received individually by the NPG members, their appeals were replied to, they were explained their rights and the competences of the Ombudsman, the documents confirming the legality of detention of those persons, as well as treatment of them and detention conditions were inspected. The cells of the Detention Station were visited, documentation on nutrition, medical aid, walking, meetings, phone conversations, carrying out of cell and parcels was inspected; existing needs were learned as well. During the visit the NPG members met with approximately 15 administratively arrested persons kept in the Detention Station, including J. O., S.A regarding the appeal addressed to the Ombudsman, treatment of them and detention conditions were investigated.17 During the visit overcrowding in the mentioned institution was observed by the NPG members. Thus, despite the limit of the institution is for 58 persons, on that day it was observed that 82 persons were detained there. Although according to the international standards all police cells should be clean and quite wide considering the quantity of persons detained there, have adequate lightening.18 The administration of the institution explained the overcrowding with the small quantity of cells, and noted that after prolongation of administratively arrest period in the legislation such cases of overcrowding have been observed for several times. At the end of the visit the NPG members gave relevant recommendations to the Head of the institution on improvement of the detention conditions and treatment issues, the Ombudsman urged to the Prosecutor General and Minister of Internal Affairs respectively regarding the solution of the abovementioned cases and received applications. The visit without prior notification was held in the temporary detention place of Gakh District Police Department. The aim of the visit conducted within the frames of the activity of the Ombudsman as the NPM upon the demands of the OPCAT 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 treatment of detainees and their detention conditions. 17 18 http://news.milli.az/society/54188.html The 12th general report on the CPT,CPT/Inf 2002, § 47. 25