Cuando la prisión preventiva se convierte en castigo: la advertencia de la Corte Interamericana a Ecuador: Reyes Mantilla y otros vs. Ecuador
La prisión preventiva tiene por objeto garantizar el desarrollo del proceso penal, no anticipar su resultado. Sin embargo, cuando la gravedad de una acusación basta para justificar el encarcelamiento de...
When Pre-Trial Detention Becomes Punishment: The Inter-American Court’s Warning to Ecuador in Reyes Mantilla et al. v. Ecuador
Pre-trial detention is intended to secure criminal proceedings, not to anticipate their outcome. Yet when the seriousness of an accusation becomes sufficient reason to imprison a suspect, detention risks becoming...
Punitive Use of Preventive Powers in India
On 24th September 2025, four people were killed in police firing after protests for statehood in Ladakh turned violent. On the heels of this unfortunate incident, climate activist Sonam Wangchuk...
The Years of Lost Freedom: The Untold Cost of Rights and India’s Unkept Promise of Compensation
In India, populist narratives often reduce personal liberty to an abstract idea, and its true value is realised only when the State restricts or denies it. This becomes especially evident...
Australia’s High Court Reconsiders Freedom: The New Constitutional Battle over Post-NZYQ Immigration Detention
The High Court of Australia took a fresh constitutional challenge on the government’s post-NZYQ immigration control regime in early October 2025. Specifically, numerous non-citizens released from indefinite detention last year...
