Standards. Case Law. Approaches. Opinions
Overcrowding, a thriving criminal subculture, critical staff shortages, and the deplorable state of infrastructure in Moldovan prisons create conditions conducive to ill-treatment and
On 22 May 2025, at the initiative of Denmark and Italy, nine Council of Europe member states — including Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland —
Nine EU countries have signed an open letter calling for the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to be reinterpreted to allow for
Denmark and Italy are leading a push to rein in the power of the European Court of Human Rights, warning that its activist
The Danish government has rented dozens of places in a prison in Kosovo to transfer foreigners sentenced to deportation for various crimes. The
The President of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Alan Mitchell, has presented the
In the twenty-first century, torture, formally prohibited by universal and regional human rights standards and the legislation of modern states, has become an
This paper is about the scope, limits, and consequences of contemporary anti-torture policies, shaped and implemented at both national and international levels. This
