The efficient cooperation relations were continued with the Academy of Justice of the MJ in the field of legal awareness, as well as capacity building of persons admitted to service on different directions. The lectures on the topic “The activity of the Ombudsman in human rights protection and as the National Preventive Mechanism” were delivered by the NPG members during the compulsory training courses held in the Academy of Justice with regard the graduation to the vocational activity of the students admitted to service for the first time in Penitentiary Service, Judicial Expertise Center and Head Medical Department. The activities of the Ombudsman as the institution acting as an NPM to ensure the implementation of the UN OPCAT, conducted visits at the country to institutions which persons cannot leave at their own will, defined deficiencies, recommendations on the elimination and information on their implementation status, as well as examples of successful approach to handling and detention conditions were provided to the audience by bringing examples from national and foreign countries, as well as from the experience of SPT, CPT, APT and other institutions, international organizations. Document of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Istanbul Protocol about the effective investigation of the types of ill-treatment and penalties, the CPT recommendations and the standards set out in the CPT General Reports, as well as relevant national legislation, were taught on the basis of the lectures59. Alongside with the mentioned, the attention was paid to the capacity building of the members of the NPG within the framework of the activity of the Commissioner as an NPM. Thus, within the framework of the EU European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument, the Commissioner carried out the Twinning Project in partnership with Germany, Greece, Portugal and Poland. Twinning project titled “Support to strengthening the capacities of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan” be continued for 24 months not only covered four components (strengthening the activity of the Ombudsman Institution as an NPM, improving the institutional capacities of the Ombudsman Office in management information system, child rights, rights of persons with disabilities and the elderly, strengthening the capacities of the Ombudsman Office in implementation of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Access to Information, conduction of trainings on efficient management for the staff of the Office and regional centers) nut also ensured expanded 59 http://ombudsman.gov.az/az/view/news/811/ombudsman-elmira-suleymanova-edliyyeakademiyasindahakimliye-namizedler-uchun-muhazire-oxumushdur 69