receive complaints. Thus, information collected during the examination of the applications received by the Commissioner and the special weight of complaints by each agency and entity were used as a driving force in the planning of preventive visits. The results of the Commissioner’s activities in the mentioned spheres, achievements reached, initiatives, forwarded proposals and recommendations are reflected in the special reports on the activity as an NPM. The reports of the previous years were translated and published in both the Azerbaijani and English languages. Up to two hundred proposals and recommendations aimed at improving the legislation, as well as institutional issues have been enumerated in the reports submitted so far and more than half of them were forwarded for implementation. The activity of the Commissioner as an NPM is not limited only with condemning torture and cases causing to ill – treatment, but it also gives relevant recommendations regarding measures to be undertaken to corresponding institutions for strengthening prevention of such cases and keeps under the attention these issues and preventive approaches in collaboration with governmental bodies, civil society institutions, the Public Committee and other bodies. It has to be mentioned that, the activity of the Azerbaijani NPM is coordinated mandate of the Commissioner’s examination of complaints, information gathered during the investigation of received applications, including, the amount of complaints in organizations and enterprises is used during planning and implementation of preventive visits. 11