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 Yagidne Case: The ECHR Informed the Russian Government of Complaints from Ukrainian Civilians Who Were Held in a School Basement for a Month
The European Court of Human Rights has served the Russian Government with the applications in Menyaylo and Others v. Russia and Lepekha and
‘There Are Simply Bad People’: Three Arguments Put Forward by ‘The Rock Regiment’ That Fall Apart in the Face of Article 3 of the Convention
Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty), in its programme “Svoboda Live”, released a conversation with Andrii Surai, head of the civil-military cooperation group of the
The Punitive Cell. Solitary Confinement at the Intersection of Criminology, Law, and Human Rights
Solitary confinement – the isolation of a prisoner from meaningful human contact for twenty-two or more hours per day – remains one of
International Seminar “Discussions Around the Use of Solitary Confinement in Prisons” (May 8, 2026, University of Tübingen)
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the European Court of Human Rights in collaboration with the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Castes, Forced Labour, and the Failure to Protect: Petrov v. Moldova – A Landmark Case on Informal Prisoner Hierarchies
1. The applicant alleges that he belonged to the lowest caste of “pariahs” in the informal hierarchy that, according to him, prevails in
Sklyarenko v. Ukraine: Justice Delayed and the Price of Political Ambitions
On 30 April 2026, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in Sklyarenko v. Ukraine. The Fifth Section unanimously found a
Institutional Darkness: The Inaction of the PCMRU and Odesa SIZO as a Systemic Dysfunction of Penitentiary Oversight (Proceedings in Case No. 420/9112/26)
2 April 2026, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in Ukrayinskyy and Others v. Ukraine — 42 applicants, correctional colony