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
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
Absolute Prohibition in Relative Application: Institutional Impunity for Torture in Ukraine (2022–2026)
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally transformed the country’s social and legal landscape. Yet what proved truly alarming was not only the
Institutional Continuity: Sexual Violence as a Systemic Practice of the Russian State from the Empire to the Present Day
On 29 May 2026, the Secretary-General of the United Nations released his annual report on conflict-related sexual violence. For the first time, the
The Third Cycle of Sacralisation: War as an Instrument of Russian Imperial Unity from Napoleon to the “Special Military Operation”
In 1912, the Russian Empire was in a state of absolute agitation and feverish excitement. The cause of this excitement was the centenary
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
