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Russia confirms torture is state policy through withdrawal from vital European Convention

Russia’s withdrawal from a Convention against Torture which it stopped complying with even minimally in 2022 will not absolve it from liability for its violations, but it is a telling statement

Concluding observations of the UN Committee against Torture on Ukraine’s seventh periodic report

In April, the UN reviewed another report from our country on the implementation of the provisions of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. We are publishing the conclusions, recommendations, and observations of the UN Committee against Torture.

Zelensky urged to veto law that puts Ukraine on track for more damning European Court judgments

Parliament’s failure to properly comply with ECHR judgements is especially frustrating given the number of life prisoners in Ukraine whose sentences arouse very grave concern

REPORT on the results of a study of court decisions on release from prisons due to illness

The study analyzed 1417 rulings of the first-instance courts under pt.2 of Art. 84 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which were delivered between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2022 throughout Ukraine and made openly available in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.