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Ukraine: Anti-torture committee expresses concern over prison overcrowding and informal hierarchies

Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) 26 April 2024 strasbourg

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published the report on its October 2023 periodic visit to Ukraine, the first since the start of the full-scale military aggression by Russia in February 2022. Despite the efforts by...

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Human Rights Commissioner calls for stronger support for Ukraine

Commissioner for Human Rights 26 April 2024 Kyiv

The new Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, carried out a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine from 23-25 April. This was his first visit to a member state since taking up his post on 1 April. With the current human rights landscape in Europe being dominated by Russia’s war...

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