Instrumentalisation of Migration, Ill-Treatment, and Deviant States
Contemporary migration crises – whether controlled, provoked, or spontaneously unfolding – arguably provide the most illustrative empirical material for studying the erosion of
The Right to Life Has No Retention Period: Where Did Odesa Detention Centre’s Mortality Statistics Go?
How many people have died in the Odesa Pre-Trial Detention Centre over the past decade and a half? How many of them took
Dmytro Yagunov, Andrii Chernousov: A New Draft Law Concerning Places of Detention: How Penitentiary Inspection Is Being Turned into Soviet-Style Oversight
On 8 June 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft Law “On the Establishment of a
Darkness as a Management Strategy: How the Odesa Pre-Trial Detention Prison Hides Its Own Statistics
For almost 30 years I have been researching Ukraine’s penitentiary system and reforming this field. During this time much has changed – my
In Memory of Yevhen Hrytsiak: The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Leader of the Norilsk Uprising
On 9 August 2026, Yevhen Stepanovych Hrytsiak turned one hundred years old – a native of the village of Stetseva in the Sniatyn
Mykola Gnatovskyy: The European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Praestat Cautela Quam Medela
There is a venerable maxim to the effect that precaution is preferable to cure: praestat cautela quam medela. 1 Few arrangements within the European system for
Prison Subculture as National Culture: When Prison Slang Becomes the National Language
The occasion for this text was a remark by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, made on 24 July 2026 at a press conference
Crocodile-Infested Moats Around Israeli Prisons: a New Reality in the Age of Human Rights
In late July 2026, several respected outlets — from The Jerusalem Post and The Times of Israel to Middle East Eye and DAWN
A Court Case on Transparency in the Prison System: Access to Statistics and a Precedent for the Whole Country
Dear friends, colleagues, everyone who is in one way or another involved in the study, analysis, and reform of Ukraine’s penitentiary system. Everyone
CPT Held Its 120th Plenary Meeting From 6 to 10 July 2026
At its 120th plenary session held in Strasbourg from 6 to 10 July 2026, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)