Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights
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Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights
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In the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 2 protects the right to life. The article contains a limited exception for the cases of lawful executions and sets out strictly controlled circumstances in which the deprivation of life may be justified. The exemption for the case of lawful executions has been subsequently further restricted by Protocols 6 and 13, for those parties who are also parties to those protocols. The European Court of Human Rights has commented that "Article 2 ranks as
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Second article of the European Convention on Human Rights
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_2_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights
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2008-06-20T14:49:07Z
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2024-09-14T12:47:45Z
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