“Proper” Torture: How Ukrainian Society Is Learning to Justify Torture, or the Case of the Odesa Detention Center as a Window into the Abyss

The incident that occurred in the Odesa pre-trial detention centre (SIZO) and that, in a very strange way, came to light and drew

Dmytro Yagunov: The Strategic Instrumentalisation of “Traditional Values” in Russian Colonialism

The most dangerous analytical error regarding Russian aggression against Ukraine is the assumption that it has a purely rational explanation lying in 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

Isolation Behind Bars: ECtHR, CPT, and Academia Unite at Tübingen to Debate Solitary Confinement

On 8 May 2026, the Faculty of Law of Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and the Endowed Professorship of Crime Prevention and Risk Management