field, existing difficulties were among topics of discussions. The head of the NPG participating at the trainings gave comprehensive information on the activity of the Commissioner in the field of struggle against child violence, as well as her activity as the NPM, measures carried out in the country with the aim to support improvement the juvenile justice system, national legislation and experience in this sphere and to legal reforms in a whole, carried out preventive measures, as well as the difficulties existing this field and needed measures. The discussions over increasing the awareness of police, prosecutor, judicial and other authorized bodies for making just decisions, the needs in improvement of measures carried out regarding juveniles displaying behavior contradicting with law and detained ones, their social adaptation were carried out during the events. 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. Considering the initiatives and proposals of the Ombudsman the listeners were given comprehensive information on the on reforms realized in the national legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the activity of the Commissioner in human rights protection and as the National Preventive Mechanism, as well as they were educated on the provisions of the Constitutional Law on the Ombudsman.45 The NPG members also delivered lectures for the staff of the State Migration Service basing on the provisions of the United Nations Convention on Prevention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol to it and carried out expanded discussions on the topics of efficient ensuring the human rights. Alongside with the mentioned, the attention was paid to capacity building of the members of the National Preventive Group within the frames of the activity of the Commissioner as the NPM. Thus, within the frames of the EU European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument, the Commissioner carried out the Twinning Project in partnership with Germany and Poland. 45 http://www.gununsesi.info/ombudsmanin-%C9%99m%C9%99kdasi-%C9%99 dliyy%C9%99-akademiyasinda-muhazir%C9%99-oxuyub/ 73

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