Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan was investigation of the custody conditions of detainees, treatment of them and ensuring the detainees’ rights, as well as conduction of the documentation. The detainees received individually didn’t express dissatisfaction with the detention conditions and treatment. At the end of the visit, basing on the national and international standards, the legal awareness conversations were conducted with the DPO and TDP administrations regarding treatment of detainees, remedies, focusing on the matter of ensuring the accessibility of lawyers, as well as relevant recommendations were put forward on elimination of insufficiencies in the documentation and its improvement. Within the frames of the activity of the Ombudsman as the National Preventive Mechanism the unannounced visit was held in Agstafa DPD temporary detention place. During the visit held with participation of the Ombudsman as the National Preventive Mechanism the relevant documents, as well as the matters of treatment of detainees were investigated. The TDP cells, the walking area were visited, the documentation on nutrition and medical aid was inspected. The persons received individually didn’t express dissatisfaction with the detention conditions and treatment. During the revising the registration journal it was revealed that revenant notes were made incorrectly, insufficiencies were allowed. It was also revealed that the building of the TDP was old; there was a need in its reconstruction in compliance with the standards, improving the conditions in cells. The Ombudsman gave relevant recommendations to the head of the institution on improving the detention conditions and treatment matters; the discussion upon the raised matters was conducted. Within the frames of the visit the legal awareness conversations were conducted with the staff members of the police department basing on the demands of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Prevention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The unannounced visit was held in Khizi DPD TDP. The aim of the visit conducted within the frames of the activity of the Ombudsman as the NPM upon the demands of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan was investigation of the treatment of detainees and their detention conditions. For this purpose the cells of the TDP were visited, the documentation on nutrition, medical aid, walking, meetings, phone conversations, carrying out 29

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