“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

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

Isolation Behind Bars: ECtHR, CPT, and Academia Unite at Tübingen to Debate Solitary Confinement

On 8 May 2026, the Faculty of Law of Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and the Endowed Professorship of Crime Prevention and Risk Management

International Seminar “Discussions Around the Use of Solitary Confinement in Prisons” (May 8, 2026, University of Tübingen)

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the European Court of Human Rights in collaboration with the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen