3.4. Legal education work The Commissioner taking into consideration that in the provision of human rights the primary emphasis is on learning and assimilating these rights and establishing legal culture and legal sense, has always paid particular attention to the organization of broad legal education work in her activity. In order to guarantee the right not to be subjected to torture, of course, it has been necessary to conduct this work among population, in particular, vulnerable groups of population, as well as the employees of law-enforcement bodies. For the above mentioned purpose, on the instruction and under the supervision of the Commissioner the Office has prepared numerous booklets, leaflets, brochures, and books for both detainees and the employees of lawenforcement bodies, including penitentiary institutions, as well as posters, printed them in a large number of copies, and distributed them free of charge. As an example to such publications, “What One should Know when Detained”, “What One should not Forget when Arresting”, “Legal Status of a Suspect”, “Legal Status of an Accused”, “Legal Status of Convicts”, “No Torture”, “Are you Ready for Cooperation with the Rapid Investigation Group?”, “The Police and Human Rights” and other numerous print products can be cited. By the way, it should be mentioned that based on the agreement reached between the Commissioner and the OSCE Office in Baku in October 2009, the translation into Azerbaijani and publication of the practical guide “Monitoring Places of Detention” of the Association for the Prevention of Torture, which will be a useful aid both for the members of the NPM Group and the employees of the Office and the regional centres, as well as law-enforcement bodies, have been organized by the support of the OSCE Office in Baku. On 25 May 2010 with the participation of the members of the NPM Group, employees of the Office and the regional centres, as well as law-enforcement bodies, members of the Public Committee that ensures the involvement of the community in the rehabilitation of convicts and exercises public control over the operation of penitentiary institutions and representatives of other local NGOs, as well as the OSCE Office in Baku, OSCE-ODIHR, and 92

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