Russia and the Istanbul Convention: Domestic Violence Legislation and Cultural Sovereignty

In 2011, Russia refused to sign the Istanbul Convention rejected based on its incompatibility with Russian culture and tradition. This article explores how the rejection of Istanbul Convention became a strategy to build Russian cultural sovereignty focusing on “traditional values”, which was increasingly embraced during the 2010s. This article examines how the Russian State has using the concept of conservative jurisprudence to responded to international models of legislation on the protection of the human rights of women.