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23.
Posters prepared on the basis of the Constitution, international documents on
fundamental human rights and freedoms, and normative acts regulating the work of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs, were placed on the walls of all police stations. Measures are
being taken for the implementation of a “Community policing” project within the
framework of cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE).
24.
Recommendation (i) stated: The Government should give urgent
consideration to discontinuing the use of the detention centre of the Ministry of
National Security, preferably for all purposes, or at least reducing its status to that
of a temporary detention facility.
25.
Recommendation (j) stated: The Special Rapporteur welcomes the
continuation of the provision of advisory services by the Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights; he notes that the publication in the Professional
Training Series entitled Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Manual on Human
Rights Training for the Police has been translated into Azeri; accordingly, the
Government is invited to give favourable consideration to putting emphasis, in the
technical cooperation programme, on training activities for the police and possibly
investigators of the Ministry of National Security once recommendation (i) has been
implemented.
26.
The State programme on “Improvement of the activity of the national security
agencies (2007-2011),” was approved by Presidential Decree 1744 of 17 October 2006. It
contains measures aimed at improving the work of the security agencies in the field of
intelligence and counter-intelligence services, keeping of state secrets, as well as fighting
against aggressive separatism, terrorism and transnational organized crime, and
protection of national interests from other threats.
27.
Measures to raise awareness and increase the professional skills of Ministry of
Internal affairs staff have become more systematic and targeted. In 2007 hundreds of
employees took part in workshops, conferences and trainings organized on various topics
by the ministry in collaboration with the Commission on Human Rights (Ombudsman)
and influential international organizations, like the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the
European Union, as well as police agencies, including relevant agencies of other states
within the framework of bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Relevant events held this
year include:
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training on the right to a safe life, prohibition of torture, freedom, fair trial
and the fight against terrorism, including privacy rights, and human rights
covering international and European frameworks, on the initiative of the
OSCE Baku office and the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human
Rights, 28 February to 2 March 2007, Baku; and
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a workshop on the observance of human rights during investigations,
within the framework of the Cooperation Programme between the Council
of Europe and Azerbaijan, 12 to 14 June 2007, Baku.