Besides, this should be brought to the attention that in several cases, the
applications regarding creation of obstacles for meetings of inmates with lawyers,
also with other persons owning the right to render legal assistance to them,
demanding by the Penitentiary Service of permission letter despite existence of
the relevant agreement between the person applied for legal assistance and a
lawyer cause anxiety. Investigation of such cases and carrying out of measures
towards their elimination is important as well. The projects of the “Provisional
Statute of the Detention Stations for the Administratively Arrested Persons” to be
affirmed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well
as “Provisional Internal Disciplinary Rules in the Detention Stations for the
Administratively Arrested Persons” were revised at the Office of the
Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The set of proposals consisting of 58 additions and amendments to those
projects were prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The forenamed statute and rules were affirmed by the Decision No. Q14001-14 of the MIA dated June 11, 2014.
Another progressive step undertaken in the legislation was an amendment to
the Article 26 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Police” dated
October 28, 2014. According to this amendment only police officers whose list is
determined by concerning executive power body (MIA) can use electroshock
device.
According to the previous legislation there was no limit in use of
electroshock device. With the permission of the heads of police departments and
offices, commanders each policemen could use this device.
According to the amendment electroshock device can be used in the
circumstances when assault and other violence may cause real threat to human life
and health take place, also when revolt or mass disturbances happen, in the case of
repulsing a group attack to living buildings, also to facilities, offices,
organizations buildings, in the case of armed resistance of detained person or
existence of sufficient reasons for suppose that armed resistance can took place.
Alongside with this, using of electroshock device will be possible while
prevention of escaping of the detained person accused in perpetrating crime,
arrested person or a person sentenced to certain term of confinement or of lifesentenced person, as well as when the other persons use force for liberating this
person.
71
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents