interview conducted with children able to speak they did not complain of their
detention conditions.
During the visit a serious breach was observed in the establishment
concerned. Thus, it was determined that twice as many children as the allowed
limit were held in the establishment and those children, that is 24 children
were sleeping on 12 beds. The Director of the institution explained it by the
repair work carried out in the establishment and temporary placement of the
children of Home No.7 in the establishment concerned.
The Commissioner has requested the MLSPP to immediately eliminate the
revealed violation.
In the received response it is stated that because Homes No.3 and 7 are
being renovated by the support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, a group of
children has been transferred from Home No.7 to Home No.3, hence within
the first two weeks some difficulties arose with the organization of appropriate
conditions for children in Home No.3. The managements of Homes No.3 and
7 are taking necessary actions to eliminate those difficulties.
Such an inadequate approach by the MLSPP to the issue is disappointing.
We think that no repair or transfer may excuse making two children sleep on
one bed. Such issues should have been addressed before the transfer or
temporary placement and necessary conditions should have been created by
bringing beds as well. The persons responsible for the issues concerned should
be brought to relevant responsibility in order to prevent such cases in the
future.
The NPM Group has also visited the Boarding House for Disabled War
Veterans and Workers of the MLSPP. During the visit the conditions of
detention of persons held in the establishment were examined and private
interviews were conducted with the elderly and disabled residents of the
boarding house.
It should be mentioned that during the visit the management of the
establishment concerned did not create necessary conditions for the NPM
Group, some rooms were not opened on the pretext that they would not open
or keys to them were not found, the NPM Group was forced to waste time by
being kept waiting without any need for that, as well as the leadership of the
establishment entering the room many times, with their comments interfered in
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