Representative of Azerbaijani Ombudsman`s Office attends workshop on “Collecting and checking information during NPM visit”

Baku (AzerTAc) - A representative of the Azerbaijani Ombudsman`s Office attended workshop “Collecting and checking information during an NPM visit” and “Introduction to the European NPM Project`s Independent Medical Advisory Panel (IMAP)” in Tallinn.
Hosted by the Estonian Chancellor of Justice (the NPM of Estonia) within the framework of the European NPM Project the workshop on “Collecting and checking information during an NPM visit” for the attention of specialized staff from 17 NPMs from the European NPM Network, brought together SPT, CPT and APT experts to discuss best practice methodologies and challenges encountered while collecting and checking information during an NPM visit, including the collection of information from registers, staff, files, through detainee interviews and through observation. The workshop included exercises to map out the stages in checking information during a visit to a police station, on corroboration of alleged physical ill-treatment and on constructing a picture of risk patterns and drawing conclusions.
The Azerbaijani representative briefed the seminar participants on the Ombudsman Office`s activity.