Chilling Civil Society in Russia: 2012 Foreign Agents Law and NGOs in Chechnya Leslie Ader International Peace and Conﬂict Resolution Graduate Program 2014 Since the 1990’s, Chechnya has endured two brutal conflicts with the Russian forces, which have left long lasting wounds upon the people , particularly in regards to good governance and human rights. During these wars NGOs have been key actors in providing and building civil society in a war torn Chechnya. However, since Putin’s re-election in 2010 there has been a legal crackdown on NGOs, warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. Qualitative study Use of Descriptive statistics to illustrate a before and after comparison of the number of NGOs currently within Chechnya Gathered informational data and compiled data into a data ‘master chart’ The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the 2012 Foreign Agent Law in a qualitative study by using descriptive statistics to illustrate a before and after comparison of the number of NGOs currently within Chechnya Research Question: To what extent has the current Foreign Agent law enacted in 2012 impacted political region of Chechnya and the human rights groups present? Introduction Purpose and Research Question Methods Two possibilities: 2012 Foreign Agent Law or the Chechenization (Russiﬁcation) process that started in 2005 during Putin-Kadyrov’s “counter-terrorism” operations against Islamic radicals ]NGO Timeline displays a positive correlation between the Chechenization process and the disappearance of NGOs in Chechnya Both local and foreign NGO trends departure peak years Foreign: (N)=40 99% of all Foreign NGOs have left Peak years of departure: 2005, 2007, and 2011 Local: (N)= 15 Only 2 remain open and are media/informatio n based Peak Years:2007, 2009, 2011 Overall: 94.5% of (N)=56 all NGOs (in sample) have been shut down Only 3 NGOs are in operation today: Amnesty International, Memorial and Soldiers Mothers Thesis Advisor: Dr. Warren Haffar *NGO sample size compiled from: Frontline Defenders, Memorial, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Moscow Helsinki Group, Article 16 (UK Frontline Defenders), and UNICEF Reports (2000-2014) *Main Website: http://www.chechnyaadvocacy.org/huma nitarian.html References

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Chilling Civil Society in Russia: 2012 Foreign Agents Law and NGOs in ChechnyaLeslie Ader

International Peace and Conflict Resolution Graduate Program 2014

Since the 1990’s, Chechnya has endured two brutal conflicts with the Russian forces, which have left long lasting wounds upon the people , particularly in regards to good governance and human rights. During these wars NGOs have been key actors in providing and building civil society in a war torn Chechnya. However, since Putin’s re-election in 2010 there has been a legal crackdown on NGOs, especially in Chechnya under local warlord Ramzan Kadyrov.

Qualitative study Use of Descriptive statistics to illustrate a before

and after comparison of the number of NGOs currently within Chechnya

Gathered informational data and compiled data into a data ‘master chart’

The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of the 2012 Foreign Agent Law in a qualitative study by using descriptive statistics to illustrate a before and after comparison of the number of NGOs currently within Chechnya

Research Question: To what extent has the current Foreign Agent law enacted in 2012 impacted political stability within the North Caucus region of Chechnya and the human rights groups present?

Introduction

Purpose and Research Question

Methods

Two possibilities: 2012 Foreign Agent Law or the Chechenization (Russification) process that started in 2005 during Putin-Kadyrov’s “counter-terrorism” operations against Islamic radicals

]NGO Timeline displays a positive correlation between the Chechenization process and the disappearance of NGOs in Chechnya

Both local and foreign NGO trends each other mirrors in terms of NGO departure peak years

Foreign: (N)=40 99% of all Foreign

NGOs have left Peak years of

departure: 2005, 2007, and 2011

Local: (N)= 15 Only 2 remain open and

are media/information based

Peak Years:2007, 2009, 2011

Overall: 94.5% of (N)=56 all NGOs (in sample) have been shut down Only 3 NGOs are in operation today: Amnesty

International, Memorial and Soldiers Mothers

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Warren Haffar

*NGO sample size compiled from: Frontline Defenders, Memorial, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Moscow Helsinki Group, Article 16 (UK Frontline Defenders), and UNICEF Reports (2000-2014)*Main Website: http://www.chechnyaadvocacy.org/humanitarian.html

References