At the link below, anyone can see exactly how Russia cooperated with the Council of Europe within the framework of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. As you can see, everything related to places of detention in Russia is a secret from the point of view of open access for ordinary citizens of…
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Comment by the MFA of Ukraine on the Decision of the Russian Government to Denounce the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine draws the attention of the international community to the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation to initiate the denunciation of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. This step is, in fact, an admission of guilt — acknowledgment…
Judge Mykola Gnatovskyy: The ECHR Judgment Against Russia Is the History of This War, Which Has Legal Force
In early July this year, the European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of numerous human rights violations during its aggression against Ukraine since 2014, after considering a large interstate case brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands. This included the downing of flight MH17 in the Donetsk region on 17 July 2014 – the…
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets: We Must Act Together to Protect People’s Lives
Last night, Ukraine once again experienced terror against the civilian population. Russia attacked with over 90 drones and two ballistic missiles, targeting civilian cities — Sumy, Odesa, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Poltava. Among the wounded are children aged 5 months, 4, and 6 years old. The terrorist state knows no bounds. The number of civilian casualties…
Cybercrimes in Ukraine (2013 – 6 m. 2025)
Cybercrime in Ukraine’s current situation is a complex social phenomenon characterised by a combination of general criminal offences and politically motivated crimes committed by Russian special services with the aim of weakening Ukraine’s defence capabilities[1]. Of particular concern in this context are the activities of so-called ‘bot farms,’ anonymous channels in numerous messengers, whose creation…
Ukrainian Prosecutors Will Work in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a resolution on the signing of a draft agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the deployment of personnel to the ICC Office in Ukraine. The document provides for the deployment of Ukrainian prosecutors, who…
States Should Promptly Join the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention: Joint statement
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‘International Law Does Not Operate in a Vacuum.’ A Conversation with Mykola Gnatovskyy, a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
What trends will shape the development of international criminal law in the near future? NV, in partnership with the Centre for Civil Liberties, is publishing a public conversation on this topic with Mykola Gnatovskyy, a judge at the European Court of Human Rights. This conversation took place during the conference ‘Justice 2030: Scenarios for Ukraine’…