Defending and advancing prisoners’ fundamental rights across Europehttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3mhih7wlpzi2e📢 Our compilation of February 2026 @echr.coe.int case-law is out! 🔗 buff.ly/SyECe5L Russia | In a case concerning A. Navalnyy's death in prison, the Court highlights a novel Article 2 issue, as the applicant real and immediate risk to his life allegedly originating from the State itself. ⤵️20 Mar 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhih7wlpzi2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3mf4wfenmqc2b📢 Out today: our selection of @echr.coe.int judgments from January 2026. Read in full and subscribe here: 🔗 buff.ly/23OpITx (1/3) ⤵️18 Feb 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4wfenmqc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3mdd3ogg4oe2s📢 EPLN calls on the UN to strengthen protections for prisoners’ rights organisations! Last December, we submitted a contribution to the UN Human Rights Committee on a General Comment on Article 22 of the ICCPR, which protects freedom of association. 🔗 Read the full submission: buff.ly/GJpn4xZ ⤵️26 Jan 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdd3ogg4oe2shttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3ma6cocqmwf24📢 Our latest compilation of domestic prison legal news from across Europe is out! It covers key prison-law developments between July-September 2025 in 15 EU countries, as well as Ukraine and Russia. 🔗 buff.ly/gWLpWVt (1/4) ⤵️17 Dec 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6cocqmwf24https://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3m6yxnxtst32k📢 The CoE Committee of Ministers is reviewing implementation of ECtHR judgments. Our latest submission highlights urgent structural failings in Ukraine’s prison healthcare: barriers to care, high mortality, and ineffective complaint mechanisms. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/d1U0VHU02 Dec 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6yxnxtst32khttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3m6vzxqgl2k2k📢 Want to have an impact on prison law and policy? 👉 Subscribe for monthly updates on advocacy opportunities and the latest prison-related news from Europe and beyond: 🔗 buff.ly/yUkKi5D 📖 Read our latest issue: 🔗 buff.ly/7Jw1Yjn ⤵️01 Dec 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6vzxqgl2k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3m6hjrtk6y32e📢 Our July–September 2025 European Prison Case Law Compilation is now available in 16 languages 🇧🇬/🇨🇿/🇩🇪/🇪🇸/🇫🇷/🇬🇧/🇬🇷/🇭🇺/🇮🇹/🇱🇹/🇳🇱/🇵🇱/🇵🇹/🇷🇴/🇷🇺/🇺🇦 It provides a concise overview of the most important decisions from the ECtHR and the CJEU on prisoners’ rights. 🔗 buff.ly/BxTDsad ⤵️25 Nov 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hjrtk6y32ehttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3m62lkg4gff2i📢 Our latest European prison case law compilation is out! ⚖ It covers key October 2025 judgments from @echr.coe.int ! 🔗 buff.ly/fuItFCK 🔎In this issue ⤵ (1/3)20 Nov 2025 10:44 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62lkg4gff2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3m4inpjcowa2z📢 Do you want to have an impact on prison law and policy? 👉 Visit our website and subscribe for monthly updates to stay informed about advocacy opportunities & get the latest prison-related news from Europe and beyond! 📃 Read our latest issue > buff.ly/urTRv80 🔍 Main highlights ⤵️ (1/3)31 Oct 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4inpjcowa2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3m3ufm3jjp72w📢 Our latest European prison case law compilation is out! It covers key September 2025 judgments from the European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int & the Court of Justice of the European Union on prison-related issues. 🔗 buff.ly/BMHGQEn 🔎 In this issue ⤵ (1/3)23 Oct 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ufm3jjp72whttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lzxisnwj5j2v📢 Our April–June 2025 compilation of European Domestic Prison Legal News is out! It covers key prison-related legal developments in 14 EU countries + 🇺🇦 🇲🇩 🇷🇺. 🔗 buff.ly/h64LpnG #Prison #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #Europe29 Sep 2025 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxisnwj5j2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lzgkbfglpc2h📢 Our latest European prison case law compilation is out! It covers key July-August 2025 judgments from the European Court of Human Rights on prison-related issues. 🔗 buff.ly/CtmVXtU 🔎In this issue ⤵️22 Sep 2025 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgkbfglpc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lyujj6h4p62sEPLN & Public Verdict submitted reports to the 78th session of the UN CESCR, highlighting severe violations of prisoners’ rights in Russia. 🔗 buff.ly/L6cf1lT ⚕️ Healthcare: prisoners denied timely treatment, continuity of care obstructed, torture concealed. ⤵️ (1/3)15 Sep 2025 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyujj6h4p62shttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3ly34pj26622l📢 Our compilation of European Prison Case Law covering April–June 2025 is now available in 16 languages. ➡ 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇹 🇱🇹 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Take a look on our website & subscribe for regular updates! 🔗 https://www.prisonlitigation.org/legal-resources/european-prison-case-law-april-june-2025/05 Sep 2025 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly34pj26622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lxr3h6e5do2u📢 Do you want to have an impact on prison law and policy? 👉 Subscribe for monthly updates with advocacy opportunities & the latest prison-related news from Europe and beyond. 🔗 buff.ly/ZJfBSFW 📖 Read our latest issue: 🔗 buff.ly/MzVTRtN01 Sep 2025 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxr3h6e5do2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lvpvfgz2wl2j📢 Our latest European prison case law compilation is out! It contains key June 2025 judgments from the European Court of Human Rights on detention-related issues! 🔗 buff.ly/haUKXUc 🧵(1/3)06 Aug 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvpvfgz2wl2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lvbbeussns2c📢 Landmark Opinion by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD): Russia’s detention and transfer of 6 Ukrainian prisoners after the full-scale invasion violated international law & standards. 🔗 https://www.prisonlitigation.org/articles/wgad-ukrainian-prisoners-russia-2025/ (1/3) ⤵️31 Jul 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvbbeussns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lt2ag6xslc2s"Facing overcrowding and inadequate psychiatric care, the prison system is under strain. But instead of offering relief, or even amnesties and pardons like her predecessors, Meloni is pressing harder." https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-meloni-crime-crackdown-italy-prisons-crisis/03 Jul 2025 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2ag6xslc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lt2aa3fb5c2s📢 Want to have an impact on prison law & policy? 👉 Check our website & subscribe for monthly updates! Stay informed on advocacy opportunities and get the latest prison news from Europe & beyond. 🔗 https://www.prisonlitigation.org/advocacy-opportunities/ (1/3) ⤵️03 Jul 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2aa3fb5c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lsgdafly4c2s📢 Out now: our May 2025 European prison case law roundup! 🔗 https://www.prisonlitigation.org/legal-resources/european-prison-case-law-may-2025/ 🔍In this issue: 🇷🇺 Journalist penalised after reporting on prison ill-treatment, an issue of "general interest": violation of Art 10 (1/2)⤵️25 Jun 2025 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsgdafly4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lrd2jiulay2x📢 Read our analysis of the CPT standards on informal prisoner hierarchy — a phenomenon still present in prison administrations shaped by Soviet-era legacies. 🔗 buff.ly/zfa5DEB (1/3) ⤵️11 Jun 2025 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrd2jiulay2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lrd2ezrrqe2t📢 Read our analysis of the CPT standards on informal prisoner hierarchy — a phenomenon still present in prison administrations shaped by Soviet-era legacies. 🔗 buff.ly/zfa5DEB (1/3) ⤵️11 Jun 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrd2ezrrqe2thttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lq5l6yueu22o📢 Our latest compilation of domestic prison legal news from across Europe is out! It covers the most significant legal developments on prison-related issues that occurred between January and March 2025 in 14 EU countries, as well as in Ukraine, Moldova & Russia. 🔗 lnkd.in/drPTzZmw In this issue⤵️27 May 2025 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5l6yueu22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lptfuhmby22y📢 Our latest European prison case law compilation is out! It covers key April 2025 judgments from the ECtHR & the CJEU on prison-related issues. 🔗 https://www.prisonlitigation.org/legal-resources/european-prison-case-law-april-2025/ In this issue ⤵️23 May 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptfuhmby22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lnzh6wmif227📢 Want to shape prison law & policy? 👉 Subscribe for monthly updates on advocacy opportunities & key prison-related news across Europe and beyond! 🔗 https://www.prisonlitigation.org/advocacy-opportunities/ ⤵️(1/3)30 Apr 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzh6wmif227https://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lnxbwyfpqk2a📢Join us as a Legal Monitor & contribute to strengthening prisoners’ rights! 🔍We are looking for volunteers to contribute to our legal updates on European prison law by monitoring key legal developments on prison-related issues. 📋Details & Contact https://www.prisonlitigation.org/jobstenders/volunteer-legal-monitoring/29 Apr 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxbwyfpqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lnxbqa6ipc2a📢Join us as a Legal Translator and help advance prisoners’ rights across Europe! 🔍We are looking for volunteers to translate our legal resources and help make them available to a wider range of professionals at national level. 📋Details & Contact https://www.prisonlitigation.org/jobstenders/volunteer-translation/29 Apr 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxbqa6ipc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/europepln.bsky.social/post/3lnkfxhdbd72z📢 EPLN joined forces with 5 Ukrainian NGOs to file a third-party intervention to the ECtHR. We argue that UA's system of medical release for seriously ill prisoners suffers from systemic failures & call on the ECtHR to require Ukraine to reform it. 📃 Read more buff.ly/teYxW9s ⤵️24 Apr 2025 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:lyebdjaqomis6cki3ogiwojs/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkfxhdbd72z