in the Office to ensure that the NPM functions at full capacity and relevant documents have been drafted. Simultaneously, the Commissioner’s mandate has been analyzed in the light of the OPCAT and in order to eliminate the revealed shortcomings, proposed additions and amendments to the Constitutional Law, as well as proposals for amending the CAO have been drafted based on the relevant best practices, including the information obtained through the analysis of the relevant experiences of the Republics of Poland, Moldova and Georgia and sent to the respective bodies. Moreover, the international and national aspects of how the issues related to the prevention of torture should be specified in the legislation, the notion of torture pursuant to the provisions of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and its indicators have been analyzed, as well as consultations have been held with the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan, MIA and other relevant bodies and targeted proposals have been made. As mentioned in previous sections, the relevant draft has already been submitted to the respective bodies by the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Along with the above mentioned, it should also be mentioned that the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Psychiatric Care” of 19 April 2002 has been initially analyzed referring to the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care adopted by UN General Assembly resolution 46/119 of 17 December 1991 and proposals have been prepared for making additions and amendments in 23 directions. It is planned to send the proposals to the respective bodies after relevant consultations. When speaking about the proposals and recommendations made by the Commissioner for the improvement of the legislation, her appeal to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the acceleration of the adoption of the law, that will provide for the legal regulation of detention of suspected and accused persons at the legislative level, should also be mentioned. The Commissioner has noted in her appeal that though a long period of time has passed, still there are some important issues that have not been specified at the legislative level. Thus, the functioning of the institutions where suspected and 90