The next monitoring visit was conducted within the Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism

Based on the instructions given by the Human Rights Commissioner of Azerbaijan, Sabina Aliyeva, the Ombudsman’s National Preventive Group (NPG) conducts unannounced monitoring visits to places where people cannot leave at their own will. 

The next monitoring visit, held within the framework of the Ombudsman’s National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), which was organized in compliance with the requirements of the OPCAT and the Constitutional Law on the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan, was conducted at the Baku Pre-Trial Detention Facility of the Penitentiary Service under the Ministry of Justice. 

The purpose of the visit was to investigate the state of ensuring the rights of detained persons, their detention conditions, and treatment issues.  

In the course of the visit, conducted with the participation of a medical doctor and a psychologist, several accused persons, including Sevinj Abbasova, Elnara Gasimova, and Nargiz Absalamova, have been interviewed in a confidential manner. Their verbal requests were listened to, and some of them were granted on the spot. The rights and the Ombudsman’s competences were explained to the interviewed persons. 

At the end of the monitoring visit, talks were held with the management of the pre-trial detention facility, and relevant recommendations were given based on the national and international legal frameworks.