employees of the Office was established and the group was assigned within ten days to prepare and submit to the Commissioner recommendations and an appropriate action plan for the organization of the work aimed at performing the NPM functions. The working group has undertaken necessary organizational actions pursuant to the Order and summarized the recommendations received through appeals from various governmental bodies, as well as international organizations, at the same time relevant best practices have been explored and analyzed, an action plan has been prepared, the list of the establishments, where arrested persons or persons whose liberty has been otherwise restricted are held in the country, has been drawn up, as well as practical activities have been initiated in relevant directions. The main issue which the Commissioner is faced with and needs to be solved within a short period of time in order to more effectively organize the work of the NPM has been the duty to bring her mandate in conformity with the requirements of the OPCAT and create a new specific structural unit in the Office. For this purpose the mandate of the Commissioner has been analyzed by the Office in the context of the OPCAT and relevant recommendations have been prepared with regard to prospective trends. Along with the above mentioned, the composition and regulations of the new structural unit to be established in the Office – Torture Prevention Affairs Department, additions to the staff lists and budgets of the Office and regional centres, as well as the relevant Order of the Commissioner have been drafted and sent to the relevant bodies for approval. As well as some additions and amendments to the Constitutional Law have been drafted and submitted to the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Until the budget of the above mentioned unit is approved, 5 employees of the structural units within the current budget the Office were involved in the NPM-related activities. Later, pursuant to the Commissioner’s Order of 9 January 2010 the Commissioner’s NPM Group was established. The Group led by the Commissioner and comprised of the Subcommittee on Visits and the Subcommittee on Preparation of Documents and Reports included 8 employees of the Office. Afterward, in order to ensure the expansion of the activities in the given field and further improvement of the work, the 13