Cruel and Unusual Punishment

When Victims Become a Caseload: Strasbourg’s Retreat in Lebedeva v Russia

When Victims Become a Caseload: Strasbourg’s Retreat in Lebedeva v Russia

On 3 September 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) publicly released its decision in Lebedeva and Others v Russia, adopted on 7 July, which discontinued 879 applications against...
Quand les victimes deviennent des dossiers : le recul de Strasbourg dans l’affaire Lebedeva c. Russie

Quand les victimes deviennent des dossiers : le recul de Strasbourg dans l’affaire Lebedeva c. Russie

Le 3 septembre 2026, la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH) a rendu publique sa décision dans l’affaire Lebedeva et autres c. Russie, adoptée le 7 juillet, par laquelle...
The Taliban’s New “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts”: Fundamental Rights Violations Are Now Legal in Afghanistan

The Taliban’s New “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts”: Fundamental Rights Violations Are Now Legal in Afghanistan

On 4 January 2026, the Taliban adopted the “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts” (De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama). Until then, Taliban leader Hibabullah Akhundzad simply posted new rules on X, which...
The Risks of Resistance: Protestors Need a Torture-Free Trade Treaty

The Risks of Resistance: Protestors Need a Torture-Free Trade Treaty

Dissent stands as a historical foundation for social change, but the practice often yields hostile opposition from law enforcement. Considered to be efficient tools for crowd-control, projectiles like rubber bullets,...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolving Jurisprudence on Cyberviolence against Women at the European Court of Human Rights

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolving Jurisprudence on Cyberviolence against Women at the European Court of Human Rights

On 3 December 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) delivered judgment in MŞD v Romania, its third judgment concerning cyberviolence against women following Buturugǎ v Romania and Volodina...
Indirect Criminalisation of Homelessness: Justice Sotomayor’s dissenting opinion in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

Indirect Criminalisation of Homelessness: Justice Sotomayor’s dissenting opinion in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

Homelessness continues to disproportionately affect the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations in the US and across the world. However, there is a discernible change in judicial opinion in the US...
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