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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
The ECHR is a strange choice to make - why would a country outside of Europe be a signatory of the ECHR?
Australia, USA, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Mexico and Brazil have also not signed the ECHR. 
Russia has actually signed the ECHR, with the exception of protocol 6.
Other countries that have not fully signed or ratified the ECHR:
Protocol 1 - Monaco
Protocol 4 - Turkey and UK
Protocol 7 - Germany, Netherlands and UK
Protocol 12 - France, Monaco, Poland, and UK
Stones / Glass Houses?
Define 'civilised standard' without western bias? |
It's an example , ok ? If it's western basis to say that Russia is an international disgrace for its genocidal assault on Ukraine, or that China is guilty of utterly disgusting treatment of the Uighurs , or that Saudi has a medieval level of barbarism in its 'justice' system, or in its attitude to human rights ..then yup I am guilty as charged , I hold my hands up .