3.1.7. Ensure that the Commissioner’s relationships with other state bodies,
municipalities, local, regional, and international organizations, and the general public are
organized accordingly to prevent torture;
3.1.8. Ensure that the confidential information collected during the undertaken activities
is not disclosed and personal information is not released without the direct consent of the
relevant person;
3.1.9. Perform other duties as envisaged by law in line with the directions of its activity.
4. Rights of the Department
4.1. The Department possesses the following rights to perform its duties:
4.1.1. Freely choose establishments and persons for visits and conversations;
4.1.2. Obtain any information on the number of persons detained or otherwise deprived of
their liberty, and the number and location of the places which persons are not permitted to leave
at will;
4.1.3. Conduct surveys among persons detained or otherwise deprived of their liberty;
4.1.4. Submit proposals to the Commissioner for presenting recommendations to the
relevant bodies or officials to immediately stop or prevent torture, and reasons and conditions
that have caused such offences;
4.1.5. Prepare proposals and comments for the adoption or amendment of laws in order to
more reliably ensure the prevention of torture, including draft laws submitted for the review of
the Parliament (Milli Majlis) of the Republic of Azerbaijan;
4.1.6. Analyze the effective normative legal acts from the perspective of their compliance
with the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and international treaties the Republic of
Azerbaijan is a party to;
4.1.7. Prepare inquiries to be sent to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of
Azerbaijan when necessary;
4.1.8. Learn and analyze the judicial practice on torture of the European Court of Human
Rights and prepare relevant proposals;
4.1.9. Learn and analyze the judicial practice on torture of the Azerbaijani courts and
prepare relevant proposals;
4.1.10. Learn and analyze the experiences of foreign countries in the field of torture
prevention and prepare relevant proposals;
4.1.11. Hold conferences, seminars, round tables, public deliberations, and other events to
promote the prevention of torture;
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