TY  - JOUR
T1  - Does Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Adequately Protect the Right to Life?
AU - Alqahtani, Saad Nasser 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 13
SP  - 4590
EP  - 4596
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.4590.4596
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.4590.4596
KW  - ECHR
KW  -Article 2
KW  -Article 2 (2)
KW  -Right to life
KW  -the strasbourg court
KW  -authorisation
AB  - Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) came into force in 1953 as a result
of World War 2 to protect the right to life. It states that no one shall be deprived of his life intentionally. This
study has an exception provided in Article 2 (2) which allows the states to use force in “absolutely necessary”
circumstances. This exception has been expanded to give authorisation to the state to use force under certain
condition. It means that this exception can be overused by the state to justify taking lives and thus, not
protecting adequately the right to life. It is also argued that Article 2 does not offer sufficient protection as it
only focuses on the right to life (not being killed) and does not consider many other rights, such as civil rights.
This study only prohibits deprivation of life and not the risk of deprivation of life. It is thus, concluded that
Article 2 does not adequately protect the right to life as it does not cover many aspects such as civil rights and
the foetu’s right to life.
ER  -