Publications – European Prison Litigation Network

16/06/2026

Greece Portugal Ukraine

Pre-Trial Detainees’ Barriers to Enforcing Rights and Accessing Justice from Detention: International Standards and National Practices Across Three Countries

Publications Removing Barriers to Access to Justice in Prison

21/05/2026

Russia Ukraine

JOINT ICC COMMUNICATION: FORCED DEPORTATION AND UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF UKRAINIAN CIVILIAN PRISONERS BY RUSSIA CONSTITUTE WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Publications War Crimes Against Prisoners: Documenting Abuse and Seeking Justice

26/01/2026

EPLN calls for stronger protection of prisoners’ rights organisations

Publications Resisting Attacks on the Rule of Law in Detention

30/12/2025

Belgium France Germany Poland Portugal Spain Ukraine

Sentence Adjustment Mechanisms in Europe: European Standards and National Patterns Across Seven European Countries

Publications Preparing Release by Enhancing Access to Sentence Adjustments Removing Barriers to Access to Justice in Prison

02/12/2025

Ukraine

Ukraine: Structural Failings in Prison Healthcare Require Urgent Reform

Publications Independence of Healthcare in Prison

31/07/2025

Russia Ukraine

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Finds Deprivation of Liberty and Transfer of Ukrainian Prisoners by Russia Illegal and Discriminatory

Publications Fight against Torture and Impunity War Crimes Against Prisoners: Documenting Abuse and Seeking Justice

23/04/2025

Ukraine

ECtHR Third Party Intervention | Ukraine’s medical release system for seriously ill prisoners suffers from systemic failures

Publications Independence of Healthcare in Prison Preparing Release by Enhancing Access to Sentence Adjustments

15/03/2025

France

ECtHR Third Party Intervention | Urging Clearer Standards for “Sensory” and “Prolonged” Isolation

Publications Fight against Torture and Impunity Resisting Attacks on the Rule of Law in Detention

10/03/2025

Op-ed: Europe Must Act to Safeguard Civil Society Amid USAID Funding Freeze

Publications Removing Barriers to Access to Justice in Prison

28/12/2024

Belgium France Germany Poland Portugal Spain Ukraine

SENTENCE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS IN EUROPE: PROCEDURAL BARRIERS & NATIONAL CONTEXTS

Publications Preparing Release by Enhancing Access to Sentence Adjustments