SECTION 1. Implemenation of the NMP in ukraine involved as monitors upon preliminary selection consisting of several stages. 1) Preliminary selection and training will be carried out by a selected NGO on the basis of an agreement with the Ombudsman. Candidates who successfully underwent the training will be recommended to the Expert Council for preliminary approval. 2) At the second stage the successful candidates’ CVs will be considered by the Expert Council, with interviews if so required. After this the Expert Council will recommend the candidacies of public monitors to the Ombudsman for final approval. 3) The Ombudsman makes the final decision on approval of candidates 21 recommended by the Expert Council and gives them personal assignments entitling to conduct monitoring visits of custodial settings, for a term of one year with possible prolongation. During monitoring visits the monitors are vested with all rights envisaged in the Law of Ukraine “On the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights” inasmuch as related to NPM operation. Monitors are obligated to abide by the ethical principles developed and approved by the Expert Council. In case of violation of such principles the Expert Council may issue a recommendation to the Ombudsman with regard to early termination of a monitor’s assignment. 1.3. CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE “OMBUDSMAN +” NPM FORMAT 1.3.1. DEPARTMENT FOR MATTERS OF NPM IMPLEMENTATION The structure of NPM Department and the indicators of its operation The Department for matters of NPM implementation is a separate structural subdivision of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights that performs its duties on the basis of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Law of Ukraine “On the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights” and Provisions on the Department approved by the Ombudsman of Ukraine. Under these Provisions the