and well-known foreign experts were received at the Office, and the members of the NPG participated at international events to exchange experience and improve theoretical knowledge. Incidentally, at the meeting Jean-Pierre Restellini, a member of the CPT, and Trevor Stevens and Isabelle Servoz-Gallucci, staff of the Secretariat of the same Committee, visiting Azerbaijan, held with Head of the Office A.Safikhanli, Head of the NPG V.Maharramov and members of the NPG, detailed information was given on the activities of the NPM, amendments made to the legislation and the performed work, and it was stated that the conducted visits had been performed in compliance with international documents along with the national legislation, including the standards of the CPT, and perspectives of the future collaboration was discussed. The representatives of the CPT highly appreciated the Azerbaijani NPM’s activity and stated that they were interested in the development of mutual relationships. As mentioned earlier, joint events held within the framework of international cooperation are of special importance for the NPM’s activity. One of such events was the methodological seminar on monitoring in detention facilities and reporting within the NPM framework held on 26-27 April 2012 together with the OSCE Office in Baku. Koray Targay, Head of OSCE Office in Baku, said at the opening of the seminar that the cooperation with the Commissioner, who has rich experience, is of particular value for the OSCE Office in Baku and such relations are of great importance for the guarantee of human rights. At the event along with local and international experts, Head of the NPG V.Maharramov, and the members of the NPG A.Aliyev and F.Hasanov delivered reports and speeches addressing the topic. The participation at the events held outside the country in 2012 was also quite successful. Along with the NPMs of 24 European countries, representatives of relevant monitoring groups, and well-known human rights experts, the representatives of the Azerbaijani NPM attended the international workshop on “the immigration removal process and preventive monitoring” coorganized by Council of Europe and European Union in Geneva, Switzerland in March for the NPMs of the member countries. The removal process of the third country residents, conditions under which deportation is realized, and NPMs’ monitoring of treatment from the viewpoint of international legal norms and migration law were discussed at the workshop to prevent ill treatment in this sphere, which had become a pressing issue lately. The speech of the Head of the NPG on the Azerbaijani NPM’s relevant activities, gained experience, and performed work was welcomed with interest. The Azerbaijani NPM was represented by V.Maharramov, A.Hajiyev and F.Hasanov at the Forum on “Combating and Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment in the South Caucasus” held by the Penal Reform International South Caucasus Regional Office in Tbilisi, Georgia in March 2012, as well as Cross-Regional Conference on “Development of Mechanisms on Torture 44