Article 2
Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. This right is one of the most important of the Convention since without the right to life it is impossible to enjoy the other rights. No one shall be condemned to death penalty or executed. The abolition of death penalty is consecrated by Article 1 of Protocol No. 6.
IN PRACTICE, the right to life includes…
Protecting prisoners
Protection against environmental hazards
Useful links
The Council of Europe is a death penalty free area
European Day against the death penalty
Factsheets
Death penalty abolition
Right to life
Terrorism
Violence against women
Reproductive rights
Child protection
Detention conditions and treatment of prisoners
Prisoners health rights
Detention and mental health
Environnement
Health