https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n17/tom-hickman/short-cuts Created Fri, 25/08/2023 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 25/08/2023 - 00:00 Only the Greek junta in 1969 and Russia last year have left the European Convention on Human Rights – Russia went shortly before it was to be expelled for invading Ukraine. No democratic country has sought to do so.