protection of the rights of vulnerable groups; elements of visits to psychiatric institutions: medical approach and monitoring methodology; etc. Another workshop of this type on “The role of National Preventive Mechanisms against torture (NPMs) in protecting individuals’ key rights upon deprivation of liberty by the police” was held in Tirana, Albania, on 09-10 June 2010. Together with R.T.Samadov, member of the NPM Group, S.Abbasov, staff member of the Gandja Regional Centre of the Commissioner attended the event. At the workshop presentations were delivered and discussion were held on the key rights of individuals in cases of detention by the police, relevant international standards, including perspectives of applying those standards in practice at the national level, key medical issues relating to the protection of the right to health, as well as methodology of monitoring relevant institutions, visit preparations, preparation of the list of questions and issues relating to the implementation of the visit, special rights of vulnerable groups – women and children, their detention, requirements as to the detention conditions, etc. The next event of the Network was a scheduled meeting of the NPM heads and contact persons at the end of 2010. The meetings held in Strasbourg, France on 01-02 December 2010 were attended by members of the NPM Group V.Maharramov and R.T.Samadov. At the meetings the first year achievements of the Network established within the Network of European NPMs Project, the work done, events organized, as well as difficulties and problems encountered were discussed and the action plan for 2011-2012 was worked on by priorities being set. At the event the application by NPMs of their mandates: management and other strategic issues, the outcomes and positive and negative features of the visits conducted within the Project by the NPMs of Estonia, Poland, Georgia and Spain together with the experts of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Association for the Prevention of Torture, as well as the contributions the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture had already made and could make to the Project concerned, and the steps to be taken to develop the information bulletin of the Network were also discussed and proposals and recommendations were uttered. 102