A/HRC/7/3/Add.2 page 7 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: - 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 - 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.

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