Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee (CPT) Visits the Netherlands
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
Comment of the MFA of Ukraine On the Illegal Sentence to Ukrainian POWs in Russia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine resolutely protests the illegal and politically motivated verdict issued by the Southern District Military Court of
Nestor Barchuk: Russia Has Tortured Ukrainian POWs for Years. Now They Are Even More Vulnerable
On Sept. 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, symbolically making
The Security Service of Ukraine Arrested Another Former Guard of the Russian Torture Chamber That Operated During the Occupation of Kherson
The Security Service of Ukraine arrested a man in Kherson who collaborated with the Russian occupation administration and guarded a torture chamber. According
The Assad Regime Detention and Torture System in the Expanded Report of the Independent International Impartial Mechanism
Robert Petty, head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM), visited the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) office and presented a
Guatemala Joins Costa Rica and Ecuador in Building Anti-Gang Prisons
The Guatemalan government has put forward a new bill aimed at hitting gangs harder, with steeper sentences and a dedicated high-security prison, as
Green Party Councillor Demands Pardon for Witches
A Green Party councillor has demanded the pardon of 17th-century witches who were executed for “misogyny, not magic”. Stuart Jeffery, the leader of
Three Former Prison Guards Charged in Beating Death of Handcuffed Inmate Go on Trial
On October 7, 2025, a prosecutor told a jury that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating
Wartime Crisis Mode: The Impact of Russia’s Aggression on the System of Social Control in Ukraine (Crime, Institutes, and Trust in Criminal Justice)
The 21st century is the time of polycrisis, characterised by its temporal and spatial boundaries and cascading effects (Covid-19 pandemics, climate change, the
CPT Carries Out a Visit to Azerbaijan
The main objective of the visit was to examine the treatment and conditions of detention of persons in the custody of law enforcement