States are not all mighty entities acting without any restriction. Wannabe rulers have to go through that kind of abstract notions to manipulate people at scale, but they have limited skills and abilities to use these tools that people about m accept only under certain conditions.
ECHR is on same ontological level as the notion of state. If no one concrete is willing to enforce it, it has zero agency.
Politicians can ignore constitutions like citizen can ignore laws. Politicians can send military forces on manifesters, and people can make politicians meet the guillotine.
ECHR is on same ontological level as the notion of state. If no one concrete is willing to enforce it, it has zero agency.
Politicians can ignore constitutions like citizen can ignore laws. Politicians can send military forces on manifesters, and people can make politicians meet the guillotine.