courts of grave crimes and administrative and economic courts will be functioning. The Commissioner has addressed a relevant appeal to the MIA with regard to the above mentioned. In the responses received it is stated that the chiefs of the respective police bodies have been requested to enhance the control over affixing an official stamp to the protocols of detention of persons suspected in the commission of a crime, eliminate deficiencies and shortcomings detected during visits, as well as take disciplinary measures in respect of the personnel responsible for this sphere, moreover, the management of the Khachmaz DPD has been required to take appropriate actions to improve sanitary conditions in the cells of the TDP, disciplinary actions have been taken in respect of some personnel of the Sumgayit and Nasimi city and district police bodies, as well as the investigator and chief of the TDP of the Gakh DPD and the investigator and chief of the TDP of the Balakan DPD have received reprimands, and the chiefs of Gakh and Balakan DPDs have been required to enhance the supervision over the work of their subordinates and be more demanding. The received responses also state that necessary actions have been undertaken to improve the work of the internal affairs bodies in the field of human rights and bring it in line with the relevant international standards and recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture and additional concrete instructions have been given to local bodies to ensure that police officers strictly observe human and citizen rights. According to the information provided by the MIA, for the prevention of acts of torture, all persons brought to temporary detention places undergo a medical examination before being placed in a cell and it is recorded in the corresponding register, afterwards that register is regularly checked by the controlling prosecutor. Besides, the personnel of the MIA sent on an official trip to regions study the state of the observance of the rights of the persons brought to regional police bodies and detained in their TDPs and take necessary actions to eliminate shortcomings. When breaches of law are revealed, it is ensured that an objective internal investigation is carried out regardless whether the victim has requested so. During the visits undertaken by the NPM Group some detainees stated that they had been subjected to violence during detention or in connection with 40