the conditions of detention of patients and process of their treatment were scrutinized, interviews were conducted with patients and their relatives who came to visit them, and other issues related to treatment, nutrition, provision of food and medicines were investigated. As a result of the examination it has been determined that a noticeable turnabout has taken place, a number of positive changes have happened as compared to the previous situation. In order to improve the performed work even further, the Commissioner has addressed relevant proposals and recommendations to the MH for taking them into consideration in the course of conducted reforms. It should be noted that during the visit carried out to the Shaki Mental Dispensary the condition of the establishment was assessed as unsatisfactory. According to the response given from the MH, several works have been performed in the Shaki Mental Dispensary as well. Water is supplied to the establishment by an artesian well, though it fully satisfies the demand, in addition, a water tank with a capacity of 12 tons has been installed in the yard of the hospital. The lighting of the wards has been amplified with additional sources of illumination, appropriate conditions have been created for patients to take a bath, and those places have been repaired to ensure that patients fully observe personal hygiene rules. Items of personal hygiene have been renewed and the establishment has been provided by the District Central Hospital with appropriate furniture for placement of such items and the works in this direction are being continued. The issue of renewing beddings and hospital clothes for patients has been solved. Certain works have been done to widen the variety of meals provided to patients and to increase their quality. As well as, taking into consideration the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, a dentist has been employed for the hospital, a psychotherapy room has been established, and short-term training courses on the topic of the Characteristics of Mental Patients and Rules on Their Treatment have been started. The registration of the complaints and proposals of patients and their parents and relatives has been put in order. In the response it is also noted that the building where the Shaki Mental Dispensary is located in is a construction built at the end of the XIX century – at the beginning of the XX century. It has been planned to build a new building for the central hospital in Shaki District within the Reforms Project 75