Individuals Held in Detention Facilities, and the Rules for Safeguarding and Escorting Persons Detained in Temporary Detention Places of Police Bodies accordingly.12 According to the amendments, the suggestions, applications and complaints the inmates address to the NPG are not subject to censorship. They are sent out to the relevant authorities within one day.13 It is also commendable that, an inmate’s right to use a PI’s account for sending his/her application to the NPG, in absence of his/her own financial means, has also been stipulated.14 The mentioned provisions used to cover only applications addressed to the bodies supervising PI’s operation, the Commissioner and the European Court of Human Rights in the past. Alongside the above mentioned, it is advisable to include a provision to prohibit censorship in respect of the correspondence sent to the NPG in the Law on Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of the Individuals Held in Detention Facilities,15 and the Sample Regulations of Open and Closed Special Correctional Institutions,16 too. 1.2. Organizational issues After being designated as NPM, the Commissioner, in order to ensure successful implementation of the new duties assigned to her, has undertaken necessary measures to improve organizational issues. At the outset, by the Commissioner’s order17 a Working Group consisting of four employees of the Ombudsman’s Office was established and tasked to prepare recommendations on the organization of the NPM’s work. The Working Group conducted discussions with the Commissioner’s supervision and participation, combined the recommendations received from state agencies and international organizations, at the same time studied international best practices in this field and prepared an action plan, also prepared a list of the places of deprivation of liberty, and carried out other corresponding tasks. It was determined that in order to more effectively organize the work of the NPM, the most important step was to adjust its mandate to the requirements of the OPCAT and establish a 12 The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the rights and freedoms of individuals kept in detention facilities (22.05.2012, № 352-IVQ); The Decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on “the Rules for Safeguarding and Escorting Persons Detained in Temporary Detention Places of Police Bodies” (14.01.2013, № Q1-001-13) 13 EPC, Article 83.5; IDR, para 28.6 14 IDR, para 28.11 15 Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the rights and freedoms of individuals kept in detention facilities (22.05.2012, № 352-IVQ), Article 18.1 16 The Sample Regulations of Open and Closed Special Correctional Institutions, (Approved with Decision No 65 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan ,13.05.2003), para. 1.6 17 The Decree of the Commissioner for Human Rights ( Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Ensuring the Implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the Ombudsman (15.01.2009, № 214) 10