Prolonged Administrative Solitary Confinement of a Terrorism Detainee: No Violation of Articles 3 and 13 (Sekour v. France, application no. 52496/19)

In Sekour v. France, the European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section) delivered its judgment on 12 March 2026, examining whether the prolonged

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

The European Convention on Human Rights, a Conscience of Europe: Message from Mattias Guyomar,
President of the European Court of Human Rights

During the drafting of the European Convention on Human Rights, Mr Roberts of the United Kingdom declared: “This Convention means that the European

Wartime Crisis Mode: The Impact of Russia’s Aggression on the System of Social Control in Ukraine. Presentation of the Monograph

On 28 November 2025, there will be a presentation of the monograph “Wartime Crisis Mode: The Impact of Russia’s Aggression on the System

Visit of Ukrainian Minister of Justice German Galushchenko to the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights

November 4 marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, a document that became the basis for

Meloni Leads Drive To Curb Illegal Migration by Demanding Reforms of ECHR

Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has told EU leaders to prepare for a first political debate on reforming the European Convention on