2.2.1. Institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs In 2016, 204 scheduled and ad-hoc visits were conducted to the temporary detention places and police units (PU) within the frames of the activity of the Ombudsman as the NPM. During these visits private conversations were held with 691 detainees; their detention conditions were assessed, the possibility of their subjection or not to ill-treatment during the period of detention or arrest were investigated. Wide-scaled public hearings were conducted in 57 cities and raions of the republic for monitoring the fulfillment, promotion and implementation of the tasks enshrined in the National Program for Action toRaise the Effectiveness of the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms in the Republic of Azerbaijan, approved by the Order of the country President with participation of the local state bodies and civil society organizations. During these public hearings the Commissioner held meetings with the administration of raion (city) police bodies and the personnel, conducted legal awareness work with them, brought to the attention the importance of special care to ensuring human rights and freedoms, discussed the cooperation issues in this direction, presented the legal publications, manuals of the Office, recommended learning of these editions, their using during edvertisingtrainings, seminars and also in practice. Alongside with this, the advertisements with the hotline telephone numbers of the Ombudsman were monitored and the posters regarding the hot-line service were installed in the places where they have not been before and their accessibility was ensured. During the visits conducted to the TDPs, subjection or not to any ill treatment of persons brought to the police bodies was the subject of investigation and the confidentiality of information regarding those persons was ensured. It was observed that the measures on more efficient protection of human rights, bettering the existing detention conditions in compliance with modern standards, re-construction and improvement of material-technical basis were being continued. Alongside with this it was also observed that the attitude towards the detainees was improved, the relevant actions were undertaken for elimination of revealed shortcomings and circumstances causing them, the control over the work of TDPs. During 2016, it has been observed as well that with the purpose to create the conditions in the TDPs of police bodies in the republic that would meet international norms and standards the new TDPs were built in Gedebey, Gazakh, Balaken, Hajigabul, Yardimli, Masalli city-raion police bodies, the repair or reconstruction works were being continued in TDPs of police bodies in Sabirabad, Sheki and Gabala. 16