The administration of the visited institution was given recommendation in connection with further improvement of detention conditions. During the visit paid to the Temporary Detention Place of Goranboy DPD private conversations were held with detainees and they expressed no complaints on detention conditions or treatment by police officers; however it was found out that the TDP is in need of capital repair, sanitarian units in cells are not fully surrounded by partition and there is no separating door of the sanitarian unit. With regard these deficiencies the Commissioner urged to the Minister of Internal Affairs and in the response letter it was noted that construction of new building for temporary detention place of Goranboy DPD of the MIA within a current year was planned and concerning services were given tasks on beginning the constructional works of the object and its putting into exploitation in a short period of time. During the visits to Goygol and Gazakh DPDs TDPs detention conditions, treatment of detainees, the situation with implementation of recommendations were investigated, it was found out that the TDPs met standards. During the visit to Goygol DPD TDP there were no detainees there, the detainees in the Gazakh DPD TDP made no complaints on detention conditions and treatment by staff members of the institution towards them. Their personal files and registration book of detained persons were reviewed, no shortcomings were detected. The administrations of those institutions were given concerning recommendations for further development of detention conditions. There was made appeal to the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the violations detected in the TDPs of Astara, Lerik, Samukh, Shamakhi, Gabala and Khachmaz DPDs. In the response letter it was noted that police Major R. Abdullayev and police senior lieutenant S. Mammadov were brought to disciplinary responsibility for failing to completely and fully comply documents of Samukh TDP, to exercise releasing regime in compliance with concerning instructions, seminar-trainings were organized for staff of public security services, units on duty and temporary detention places of police bodies of the cities and districts of the republic with the aim of further bettering application in their practical work of duties following from the provisions of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on “Ensuring The Rights And Freedoms of Persons Held in Detention Places” and related normative legal acts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Besides these, according to the joint plan signed between the UNICEF and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the support of European Commission, the visits were conducted in temporary detention places of up to 20 district police departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the situation with children detained there was evaluated. During the conversations held with responsible officers of Astara, Khachmaz, Shabran and Samukh DPD TDPs, they informed that detained or 23

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