Case law
Experts
Research Centre
Torture
Ukraine
“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…
Corruption
Experts
Germany
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
“The People’s War” and Its Lessons: General Ludendorff’s Truth, Which the Political Elite Doesn’t Want to Hear
Erich Ludendorff is one of the most controversial figures of the First World War. The…
Chechnya
Experts
Ichkeria
Imperialism
Neocolonialism
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
War crimes
War in Ukraine
‘Russia’s Liberal Opposition is Putin’s Soft Power in Europe.’ An Interview with Djamboulat Souleimanov, Leader of the Chechen National Liberation Movement United Force
He is hard to miss in the corridors of the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg.…
Experts
Imperialism
Mercenary
Neocolonialism
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Torture
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
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…
Experts
Research Centre
Torture
Ukraine
War in Ukraine
Absolute Prohibition in Relative Application: Institutional Impunity for Torture in Ukraine (2022–2026)
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally transformed the country's social and legal landscape. Yet…
Report
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Torture
Ukraine
United Nations
War crimes
War in Ukraine
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…
Experts
Germany
Police
Policing
Research Centre
Ukraine
War in Ukraine
Tetiana Melnychuk: Rule of Law or Rule of Security – Rethinking Legal Responses еo Organised Crime Amid Hybrid Threats
Organised crime in today’s world is evolving into a decentralised and technologically sophisticated phenomenon, more…
Dmytro Yagunov
Imperialism
Neocolonialism
News and events
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
Rome No Longer Builds Roads: On the Order of Subedei and the End of Imperial Purpose
“The tumen of Subedei came galloping to Signaq in a cloud of dust that covered…
Corruption
News and events
Police
Policing
Research Centre
Ukraine
Rent on Prohibition of Sex Work: How State Generates Police Corruption
On 20 May 2026, the Office of the Prosecutor General and the Security Service of…
Imperialism
Neocolonialism
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
The Third Cycle of Sacralisation: War as an Instrument of Russian Imperial Unity from Napoleon to the “Special Military Operation”
In 1912, the Russian Empire was in a state of absolute agitation and feverish excitement.…
