3.4. Legal education work
The Commissioner taking into consideration that in the provision of
human rights the primary emphasis is on learning and assimilating these rights
and establishing legal culture and legal sense, has always paid particular
attention to the organization of broad legal education work in her activity. In
order to guarantee the right not to be subjected to torture, of course, it has been
necessary to conduct this work among population, in particular, vulnerable
groups of population, as well as the employees of law-enforcement bodies.
For the above mentioned purpose, on the instruction and under the
supervision of the Commissioner the Office has prepared numerous booklets,
leaflets, brochures, and books for both detainees and the employees of lawenforcement bodies, including penitentiary institutions, as well as posters,
printed them in a large number of copies, and distributed them free of charge.
As an example to such publications, “What One should Know when
Detained”, “What One should not Forget when Arresting”, “Legal Status of a
Suspect”, “Legal Status of an Accused”, “Legal Status of Convicts”, “No
Torture”, “Are you Ready for Cooperation with the Rapid Investigation
Group?”, “The Police and Human Rights” and other numerous print products
can be cited.
By the way, it should be mentioned that based on the agreement reached
between the Commissioner and the OSCE Office in Baku in October 2009, the
translation into Azerbaijani and publication of the practical guide “Monitoring
Places of Detention” of the Association for the Prevention of Torture, which
will be a useful aid both for the members of the NPM Group and the
employees of the Office and the regional centres, as well as law-enforcement
bodies, have been organized by the support of the OSCE Office in Baku. On
25 May 2010 with the participation of the members of the NPM Group,
employees of the Office and the regional centres, as well as law-enforcement
bodies, members of the Public Committee that ensures the involvement of the
community in the rehabilitation of convicts and exercises public control over
the operation of penitentiary institutions and representatives of other local
NGOs, as well as the OSCE Office in Baku, OSCE-ODIHR, and
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