CPT Publishes Report on Its 2024/2025 Visit to Georgia
The CPT published a report today on its periodic visit to Georgia, carried out from 18 to 29 November 2024 and from 21
New Detention Centre with 4,000 places in the Moscow Region: Relieving Pressure on the System or Preparing for a New Wave of Repression?
In early February 2026, the Main State Expert Review Board of the Russian Federation issued a positive opinion on the project to build
“No Face, No Responsibility? International Standards for Identifying Officials and the Practice of Mobilisation Detentions
In contemporary Ukrainian public discourse, the issue of actual detentions and the use of physical force by employees of territorial recruitment and social
Ashlarba v. Georgia, or is the Сoncept of “Top Prisoner” Necessary in the Criminal Code of Ukraine?
On February 02, 2026, the Novozavodskyi District Court of Chernihiv delivered an acquittal in case No. 751/2536/23 on charges of committing a criminal
CPT Visit to Moldova in June 2025: Prison Subculture as a Systemic Threat
In early June 2025, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Moldova, following its
The Penal Colony Empire: The Uniqueness of the Russian Model of Colonialism
When discussing the nature of the modern Russian empire, it is necessary to take into account a number of theses that deserve the
The Concept of ‘Russkiy Mir’ in the Kremlin’s Official Position (Analysis of the Press Conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
The concept of the ‘Russian World’ (Russian: ‘Русский мир’) is a key ideologeme of contemporary Russian foreign policy, justifying Moscow’s imperial claims in