This report describes the relevant work of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan functioning in a capacity of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) as endorsed in the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Prevention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN OPCAT), as well as the recommendations and proposals put forward in 2016. The recommendations and proposals have been made by the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT), the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) and the European Committee for the Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), also those have been made to periodic reports of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during the process of carrying out the NPM functions by the Commissioner were considered generally in this report. The information, statistical data developed basing on the analysis as a result of visits, as well as the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Prevention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment are attached to the report. İSBN: 978-9952-9554-8-5 2

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