Standards. Case Law. Approaches. Opinions
On 18 September 2026, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a thematic report prepared on the
The Russian authorities have officially announced plans to build an entire complex of new prisons. By 2035, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the
The political interest in preserving and expanding the carceral system has at least four interrelated dimensions, the manifestations of which can be traced
We are pleased to invite you to an online conference on #prisoners’ access to #justice, organised by the European Prison Litigation Network, the
Michel Foucault’s analysis in Discipline and Punish remains one of the most productive theoretical instruments for understanding how power organises the bodies, space
The absolute prohibition of torture is an unconditional and immeasurably important idea of modern constitutionalism and international human rights law. It is not
This paper examines informal prison hierarchies in contemporary Europe as sites of political power, social ordering, and geopolitical contestation, with particular focus on
On 4 August 2026 I submitted a request for public information to the South-Central Interregional Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Punishments of
On 28 August 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared once again, in yet another interview, that all questions concerning Ukraine must be
The countries of Eastern Europe constitute a unique setting for studying profound transformations of social control. In no other region of the world