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
In Memory of Yevhen Hrytsiak: The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Leader of the Norilsk Uprising
On 9 August 2026, Yevhen Stepanovych Hrytsiak turned one hundred years old – a native of the village of Stetseva in the Sniatyn
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
CPT Held Its 120th Plenary Meeting From 6 to 10 July 2026
At its 120th plenary session held in Strasbourg from 6 to 10 July 2026, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
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
CPT Carries Out a Visit to Georgia
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes report on its 2025 visit to the Netherlands
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has released the report on its October 2025 visit to the Netherlands, which focused