Dmytro Yagunov: The Cyclical Nature of Failure: Periodization of Penitentiary Reforms in Ukraine (1991–2026) as a Case of Institutional Drift

Since 1991, the Ukrainian penitentiary system has undergone many reforms – too many for such a period of time. It is entirely natural

Not Isolated Incidents but a System: The UN Report on Sexual Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty under the Control of the Russian Federation

On 18 September 2026, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a thematic report prepared on the

How to Ensure That Prisoners Have Access to the Protection of Their Rights: an Online Conference on Prisoners’ Access to Justice

We are pleased to invite you to an online conference on #prisoners’ access to #justice, organised by the European Prison Litigation Network, the

The Torture Quasi-Compromise During Mobilisation: From “Busification” to Systemic Violations of Article 3 ECHR

The absolute prohibition of torture is an unconditional and immeasurably important idea of modern constitutionalism and international human rights law. It is not

Instrumentalisation of Migration, Ill-Treatment, and Deviant States

Contemporary migration crises – whether controlled, provoked, or spontaneously unfolding – arguably provide the most illustrative empirical material for studying the erosion of

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

Mykola Gnatovskyy: The European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Praestat Cautela Quam Medela

There is a venerable maxim to the effect that precaution is preferable to cure: praestat cautela quam medela. 1 Few arrangements within the European system for