The CPT Held Its 119th Plenary Meeting From 9 to 13 March 2026
At the meeting, the CPT reviewed and approved the reports concerning its regular visit to Azerbaijan (September–October 2025) and its unscheduled visits to
The ‘Practically Worthless’ Limit: How the ECtHR Addressed Solitary Confinement Abuse in Estonian Prisons
In this case, the Court concluded that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention in respect of all the
When Punishment Becomes Torture: Protracted Solitary Confinement and the Boundaries of Article 3 of the Convention on Human Rights (Schmidt and Šmigol v. Estonia)
The case concerns the consecutive enforcement of disciplinary punishments against the applicants and the placing of the first applicant in a locked isolation
CPT Publishes Report on Its 2024/2025 Visit to Georgia
The CPT published a report today on its periodic visit to Georgia, carried out from 18 to 29 November 2024 and from 21
CPT Visit to Moldova in June 2025: Prison Subculture as a Systemic Threat
In early June 2025, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Moldova, following its
The Concept of ‘Russkiy Mir’ in the Kremlin’s Official Position (Analysis of the Press Conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
The concept of the ‘Russian World’ (Russian: ‘Русский мир’) is a key ideologeme of contemporary Russian foreign policy, justifying Moscow’s imperial claims in
Dmytro Yagunov: The Wartime Paradox: Torture Prosecution Effectiveness in Ukraine (2013-2025)
The prosecution of torture in Ukraine presents a paradoxical case study in criminal justice effectiveness. Analysis of official statistics spanning thirteen years (2013-2025)
From Medieval Raid to State Terror: The Hrabivske Abductions and the Neo-Imperial Logic of Russia’s Carceral State
The tragic events that unfolded between December 18 and 20, 2025, in the border village of Hrabovske in the Sumy region represent not
Torture as an Administrative Procedurein Russian New-Empire
Violence in the ‘Russian World’ megaproject is not an aberration or a breakdown of discipline; it is a feature of the Sistema. The
Georgy Burkov: ‘Kill me, but Stalinism is a disease…’
In 1990, Russian actor Georgy Burkov (31 May 1933 – 19 July 1990) passed away. After his death, the actor’s widow, Tatyana Ukharova,