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Implementing Human Rights Norms

A Case Study of Russia’s Partial Compliance to ECHR Protocol No. 6


Author(s): Trude Johnson
Publisher(s): Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo
Date of publication: 2006
Issue number: 706
Format: PDF
Pages: 72
URL: english.nupi.no
Series: NUPI Working Papers

Description: This paper analyzes Russia's membership in the Council of Europe (CoE) and Russia's partial compliance to the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) Protocol No 6, which refers to the abolishment of the death penalty in peacetime. The author argues that such a partial compliance is explained by the lack of a coherent and widely accepted national identity in Russia. The paper states that the more Russian state actors value the European identity of their state, the more they will seek to comply with "European" norms, such as the strong European abolitionist norm regarding the death penalty.

General note: © 2006 Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

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