The Right to Life Has No Retention Period: Where Did Odesa Detention Centre’s Mortality Statistics Go?
How many people have died in the Odesa Pre-Trial Detention Centre over the past decade and a half? How many of them took
Dmytro Yagunov, Andrii Chernousov: A New Draft Law Concerning Places of Detention: How Penitentiary Inspection Is Being Turned into Soviet-Style Oversight
On 8 June 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft Law “On the Establishment of a
Darkness as a Management Strategy: How the Odesa Pre-Trial Detention Prison Hides Its Own Statistics
For almost 30 years I have been researching Ukraine’s penitentiary system and reforming this field. During this time much has changed – my
In Memory of Yevhen Hrytsiak: The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Leader of the Norilsk Uprising
On 9 August 2026, Yevhen Stepanovych Hrytsiak turned one hundred years old – a native of the village of Stetseva in the Sniatyn
Crocodile-Infested Moats Around Israeli Prisons: a New Reality in the Age of Human Rights
In late July 2026, several respected outlets — from The Jerusalem Post and The Times of Israel to Middle East Eye and DAWN
A Court Case on Transparency in the Prison System: Access to Statistics and a Precedent for the Whole Country
Dear friends, colleagues, everyone who is in one way or another involved in the study, analysis, and reform of Ukraine’s penitentiary system. Everyone
Odessa Pre-Trial Detention Center: The Prihibition of Torture is Absolute. No Exceptions
I have worked on the subject of torture and places of detention for many years, so there was no way I could not
“No Violations Found”: When Documents of the Odessa Pre-Trial Prison Contradict the CPT Reports
I recently received responses from the Odesa Pre-Trial Detention Centre to a lawyer’s request concerning conditions of detention — and these responses prompt
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
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