DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT
AIDS – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Commissioner – Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of
the Republic of Azerbaijan
Constitutional Law – Constitutional Law on the Commissioner for
Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Convention –Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CPO – city police office
CPT – Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture
and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CC – The Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Department – Department for the Prevention of Torture of the Office
of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of
Azerbaijan
Deprivation of liberty – any form of detention or imprisonment or the
placement of a person in a public or private custodial setting, which that
person is not permitted to leave at will by order of any judicial,
administrative or other authority
Detainee – a person deprived of his/her liberty
DPD – district police department
DPO – district police office
EPC –Execution of the Punishment Code of the Republic of
Azerbaijan
HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IDR – Internal Disciplinary Rules of Penitentiary Institutions approved
by the Plenary Board of the Ministry of Justice
MD –Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan
ME – Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan
MH – Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan
MI –Medical Institution of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of
Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan
MIA –Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan
MJ –Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan
MLSPP –Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population of the
Republic of Azerbaijan
MSU –medical sanitary unit
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