Ukrainian Ombudsman: Torture is Part of the Russia’s State Policy
The announcement of Russia’s plans to withdraw from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture is an official removal of the last
Russian Aggression Against Ukraine: the State of Counteraction to Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict
During the period of Russia’s war against Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 6 August 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement agencies registered 202918 criminal
Isolation – a New Prison Podel in France
Walls several meters high, cells under constant surveillance, bulletproof glass partitions separating visitors from prisoners: In Vanden le Vieux, a small town 200
Russian Troops Launched an Air Strike on the Ukrainian Prison
On 27 July 2025, at night, Russian armed forces fired eight times on the Zaporizhzhia oblast, with FAB bombs. One of the targets
Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons
In this expert blog, PRI’s Tinatin Uplisashvili explores the persistence of informal prison hierarchies across post-Soviet penitentiary systems, structures that continue to shape
Trust and Distrust of Ukrainians in Courts and Law Enforcement Before and After the Full-Scale Invasion
In January 2025, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) presented very significant and impressive results of a new survey focused on the
Administrative Practice of Abduction and Transfer of Children: the Case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (extracts)
Evidence relating to the relocation of children 1509. On 12 June 2014 a bus with 24 children (15 orphans or children without parental care
Crimes on the State Border of Ukraine: Statistical Indicators
In order to provide answers that reflect the real situation in the field of protection of the state border of Ukraine – both
Sweden Set to Rent Cells in Estonian Prisons
Sweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places