Types of Solitary Confinement and Their Legitimacy
Types of Solitary Confinement – Key Points Types of Solitary Confinement and Their Legitimacy There are four main situations in which solitary confinement
Solitary Confinement: The Principles Involved
Why Extra Justification is Required P — Proportionate L — Lawful A — Accountable N — Necessary N — Non-discriminatory Solitary confinement further
Solitary Confinement of Prisoners: Introduction
What is Solitary Confinement? Why It Matters The CPT’s Position The CPT’s Goals Solitary confinement of prisoners is found, in some shape or
The CPT Held Its 119th Plenary Meeting From 9 to 13 March 2026
At the meeting, the CPT reviewed and approved the reports concerning its regular visit to Azerbaijan (September–October 2025) and its unscheduled visits to
The ‘Practically Worthless’ Limit: How the ECtHR Addressed Solitary Confinement Abuse in Estonian Prisons
In this case, the Court concluded that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention in respect of all the
When Punishment Becomes Torture: Protracted Solitary Confinement and the Boundaries of Article 3 of the Convention on Human Rights (Schmidt and Šmigol v. Estonia)
The case concerns the consecutive enforcement of disciplinary punishments against the applicants and the placing of the first applicant in a locked isolation
Silent Complicity of the State: How Strasbourg Once Again Protected a Prisoner from Informal Prison Laws
The case of Petrov v. The Republic of Moldova (Application No. 38066/18) concerns fundamental questions of human dignity, the prohibition of degrading treatment
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
“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