The Yagidne Case: The ECHR Informed the Russian Government of Complaints from Ukrainian Civilians Who Were Held in a School Basement for a Month

The European Court of Human Rights has served the Russian Government with the applications in Menyaylo and Others v. Russia and Lepekha and

‘There Are Simply Bad People’: Three Arguments Put Forward by ‘The Rock Regiment’ That Fall Apart in the Face of Article 3 of the Convention

Radio Svoboda (Radio Liberty), in its programme “Svoboda Live”, released a conversation with Andrii Surai, head of the civil-military cooperation group of the

The Use of Sound Weapons Against Peaceful Demonstrators as a Threat to Human Rights and a Factor Undermining Trust in the Police (Đorović and Others v. Serbia)

On 15 March 2025, Belgrade saw one of the largest peaceful demonstrations in Serbia’s recent history, the culmination of a protest movement that

“Proper” Torture: How Ukrainian Society Is Learning to Justify Torture, or the Case of the Odesa Detention Center as a Window into the Abyss

The incident that occurred in the Odesa pre-trial detention centre (SIZO) and that, in a very strange way, came to light and drew

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

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

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