Associazione Antigone explains in a short animated video what is solitary confinement, what international standards say about it, and why it is important to take steps to prevent it from amounting to torture or other forms of ill-treatment.This video was produced as part of the EU funded Project "Improving judicial cooperation across the EU through harmonised detention standards - The role of National Preventive Mechanisms" by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental Human Rights, the Associazione Antigone, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.