At the end of the visit, conversations were conducted by the NPG
members with administration and staff of the institution basing on the
national and international legislation, the recommendations was given
regarding the treatment, detention conditions, the effective provision and
control of health and other rights, and the implementation of
recommendations regarding possible difficulties in the field.
2.2.9. The institutions of local executive power bodies
Within the framework of the activity of the Ombudsman as an NPM the
NPG members carried out 23 ad-hoc visits in 2017 under the demand of
OPCAT and the Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for Human Rights
(Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the institutions under the
jurisdiction of the local executive bodies and NPM.
The visits were held basing on the national legislation, the Law of the
Republic of Azerbaijan On Child Rights, as well as the UN Convention on
the Child Rights, the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities, the CPT Recommendations, the CPT Standards, the
recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Taking into account international experience, the issues of detention and
treatment issues in these institutions, as well as the provision of national and
international standards in practice have been examined and the
implementation of recommendations made during previous visits to
enterprises were examined on the spot.
It was held visit in Baku City Children’s Home No.2 within framework
Commissioners activity as an NPM, under the demands of OPCAT and the
Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman)
of the Republic of Azerbaijan by NPG members. The aim of the visit was
investigation of the detention conditions and treatment issues towards them.
Initially, a meeting was held with the director of a children's home, and
it was found that 237 people were detained in the facility for a total of 300
people. Of these, 140 are children at the "Gunerzi Care Center" and 137 are
permanently living in the facility. Children at the "Gunerzi Care Center",
covering 3-13 year old children and they stay at the facility from 8:00 to
20:00 and have equal rights with other children living at that time.
There are three pre-school groups in the institution. Each group includes
2 teachers, 2 supervisors. According to the information given by the head of
the institution, children aged 3 to 18 are taken by their parents and legal
representatives and in case of their absence, they are registered in the
graduate school in Masazir settlement and provided with the necessary
living conditions. It was defined that the parent of the four children detained
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