CPT Carries Out a Visit to Türkiye
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to
Haiti Gangs Storm Town and Release 500 Inmates from Prison
On April, 1, 2025, gang members stormed the town of Mirebalais in central Haiti on Monday and released about 500 inmates from prison.
Pranato System: the Venezuelan Prison Phenomenon, or What Consequences Can Be Caused by the State’s Withdrawal from the Management of the Prison System
At the end of 2010, a unique phenomenon emerged in Venezuela: the Pranato System, designed to regulate the situation that the state was
CPT Publishes Report on its 2023 Periodic Visit to Slovakia
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the report on its
Homo Disciplinatus as an Object of Social Control Policy (on the Issue of Simulacrisation of National Policy of Torture Prevention)
In the twenty-first century, torture, formally prohibited by universal and regional human rights standards and the legislation of modern states, has become an
Dmytro Yagunov: Modern Penological Pessimism (continued)
Classical theories of criminal punishment were based on the continuous exchange of moral categories, which were evaluated through the reason, and, according to
Dmyto Yagunov: Modern Penological Pessimism (Some Thoughts on the Goals of Criminal Punishment)
Today, legal science considers itself a monopolist in prison research, placing itself in a vicious circle of formal thinking, where openly romantic penological hypotheses are
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee Visits Cyprus
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
Report on the Visit to Liechtenstein Carried Out by the CPT from 20 to 24 June 2016
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
The CPT Carries Out an Ad Hoc Visit to Hungary, Focusing on Prisons
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out