Russian Troops Launched an Air Strike on the Ukrainian Prison
On 27 July 2025, at night, Russian armed forces fired eight times on the Zaporizhzhia oblast, with FAB bombs. One of the targets
Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons
In this expert blog, PRI’s Tinatin Uplisashvili explores the persistence of informal prison hierarchies across post-Soviet penitentiary systems, structures that continue to shape
Trust and Distrust of Ukrainians in Courts and Law Enforcement Before and After the Full-Scale Invasion
In January 2025, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) presented very significant and impressive results of a new survey focused on the
Administrative Practice of Abduction and Transfer of Children: the Case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (extracts)
Evidence relating to the relocation of children 1509. On 12 June 2014 a bus with 24 children (15 orphans or children without parental care
Crimes on the State Border of Ukraine: Statistical Indicators
In order to provide answers that reflect the real situation in the field of protection of the state border of Ukraine – both
Sweden Set to Rent Cells in Estonian Prisons
Sweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places
Human Trafficking in Ukraine in the Light of Police Statistics (2013 – 6 m. 2025)
Police statistics show that a period of 2013 – 2016 was stable in the aspect of numbers of registered crimes of human trafficking
Intentional Non-Execution of the Court Decisions (Police Statistics, Ukraine, 2025)
Non-execution of court decisions remains a chronic problem of the Ukrainian justice system, which was repeatedly noted by the Council of Europe and
Crimes against Military Service in Ukraine in 2025
Police statistics on crimes against military service indicate deep-rooted problems in the application of the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.