On 17 October, EPLN presented its report on torture in Russian prisons, as well as Russian-controlled prisons in occupied Ukraine, during the 136th session of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. >> READ OUR FULL SUBMISSION TO THE COMMITTEE …
In a joint submission sent on 21 September EPLN & Russia Behind Bars (Русь Сидящая, RBB) called on six UN mechanisms to declare that the recruitment of Russian prisoners to serve in Ukraine in the ranks of the Wagner paramilitary …
To download the PDF version of the article please click here. PART I – THE FRAMEWORK OF GUARANTEES GRANTED BY ARTICLE 5§1(c), 5§3 AND 5§4 Article 5 of the Convention is, together with Articles 2, 3[1] and 4, in the …
To download the PDF version of the article please click here. Initially taken into account through what was referred to as “indirect” protection[1]—as early as 1962 the European Commission of Human Rights affirmed that article 3 can be applied in …
