Torture – Research Centre for Crime and Armed Conflicts

10.04.2026

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🇱🇻 Visit to Latvia: A Dialogue on Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners and Informal Prison Hierarchies

Yesterday, I had the great honour and privilege of speaking with staff from the Prison…

09.04.2026

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Lecture for the Latvian Legal Community: Torture, ECHR Standards, ECtHR Case Law and the Impact of Russian Aggression on the Ukrainian Justice System

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Justice of the…

03.04.2026

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Torture: Absolute Prohibition

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16.02.2026

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“No Face, No Responsibility? International Standards for Identifying Officials and the Practice of Mobilisation Detentions

In contemporary Ukrainian public discourse, the issue of actual detentions and the use of physical…

21.01.2026

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Prohibition of Torture: CPT Standards and ECtHR Case Law Regarding Policing

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22.12.2025

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From Medieval Raid to State Terror: The Hrabivske Abductions and the Neo-Imperial Logic of Russia’s Carceral State

The tragic events that unfolded between December 18 and 20, 2025, in the border village…

05.12.2025

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Training for Trainers on Human Rights Protection in Places of Detention

On 4-5 December 2025 The Centre for European Constitutional Law (CECL), in partnership with the…

03.12.2025

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Dmytro Yagunov: Russian Criminal and Prison Culture: Historical Background, Importation in the 21st Century, and the Wagner Phenomenon

The article is focused on the origins of the Russian criminal and prison subculture and…

23.11.2025

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Julius Strauss: Murderers and Torturers — Why Are Russian Troops So Bestial?

It makes for haunting viewing. A Russian soldier, almost certainly a 32-year-old father-of-two-daughters called Oleg…

22.11.2025

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The Sahel’s Descent: How Russian Mercenaries Failed Where France Fell Short

Three years ago, Mali's military junta celebrated the expulsion of French forces — a defiant…