the works done after the designation as an NPM, as well as the future duties and planned actions. Another member of the NPM Group A.Hajiyev, when attending the international conference on “The Role of State Bodies and Civil Society in the Development of an Ombudsman Institute” held in Lipetsk, Russia on 27-31 January 2009, joined the group meeting dedicated to the topic of “Prevention of Torture”, provided proposals and recommendations, and get closely acquainted with the relevant experience of other countries through the exchange of views. Head of the Office A.Safikhanly’s participation in the III Issyk-Kul International Human Rights Forum organized in Bishkek, Kirgizstan on 14-21 July 2009 and joining the session on “International Practice of the Use of NPMs in Combating Torture” have also been sufficiently useful. The workshop on “The Protection and Promotion by National Human Rights Structures of the Rights of the Elderly” attended by Y.Jafarova, member of the NPM Group, psychologist, and Sh.Gambarova in Budapest, Hungary on 15-16 September 2009, where pressing issues such as the prevention of torture in the establishments where the elderly live and conducting systemized monitoring for that purpose were discussed and practical recommendations were made, can be attributed to such events. Head of the Office A.Safikhanly’s participation in the fourth working meeting on combating torture of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting held in Warsaw, Poland on 28 September – 04 October 2009, as well as A.Eyvazov’s, Z.Valimammadli’s and A.Novruzova’s participation in the workshop which was jointly organized by the Polish and French Ombudsman Institutes within the framework of the Eastern European Partnership in the same city on 21-26 October 2009 and where issues relating to combating torture were discussed have been beneficial. The participation of V.Maharramov and R.T.Samadov, who are the Office’s staff members directly responsible for the NPM-related issues, in the “Conference on New Partnerships for Torture Prevention in Europe” held in Strasbourg, France on 06 November 2009 and devoted to the 20th anniversary of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture has also been successful. At the event NPMs shared information, heard reports on the 104