The Kyiv Tragedy, Gun Rights and Police Escape: Three Dimensions of a Single Issue
April 18, 2026. Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv. Six dead, over fifteen wounded, including children. An armed man opens fire on people, barricades himself
The Kyiv Tragedy of 18 April 2026: A Criminological and Human Rights Analysis
Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv. A typical Saturday. A busy supermarket. An armed man opens fire on the crowd, then barricades himself inside the
The Pre-Trial Centre as an Invisible Source of Harm in the Model of Impersonal State Liability
There is a category of legal issues that are both well-known and systematically ignored. Compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by unlawful criminal prosecution
The Dictator’s Secret Order: Further Proof of the Repressive Nature of the Russian State
On 15 April 2026, the human rights project ‘First Division’ released information which came as no surprise to those who systematically study the
‘The Black Dolphin’ as a Reflection of the Modern Russian Prison System
A video report on the ‘Black Dolphin’ penal colony (IK-6, Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Oblast), filmed with the explicit permission of the prison administration, is
Lecture for the Latvian Legal Community: Torture, ECHR Standards, ECtHR Case Law and the Impact of Russian Aggression on the Ukrainian Justice System
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia for the invitation and for
‘Two Prosecutors’: A Movie About a Russia That Cannot Bring Itself to Be Any Different
There are works that do not require a review in the conventional sense — they require a testimony. Two Prosecutors is precisely such
Stuck in Transit: Ukrainian Probation Between Punitive Supervision and Rehabilitation Services
The Ukrainian probation service emerged from reformist rhetoric and developed in the shadow of bureaucratic self-perpetuation. The 2015 Law ‘On Probation’ was presented