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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Article 2 - Right to life

Article 2 - Right to life

1. Everyone has the right to life
2. No one shall be condemned to the death penalty, or executed.

  • Text:

    1. Paragraph 1 of this Article is based on the first sentence of Article 2(1) of the ECHR, which reads as follows:
    "1. Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law?"

    2. The second sentence of the provision, which referred to the death penalty, was superseded by the entry into force of Article 1 of Protocol No 6 to the ECHR, which reads as follows:
    "The death penalty shall be abolished. No-one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed." Article 2(2) of the Charter is based on that provision.

    3. The provisions of Article 2 of the Charter correspond to those of the above Articles of the ECHR and its Protocol. They have the same meaning and the same scope, in accordance with Article 52(3) of the Charter. Therefore, the "negative" definitions appearing in the ECHR must be regarded as also forming part of the Charter:

    (a) Article 2(2) of the ECHR:

    "Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this article when it results from the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary: 
    (a) in defence of any person from unlawful violence;
    (b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained;
    (c) in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection."

    (b) Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the ECHR:

    "A State may make provision in its law for the death penalty in respect of acts committed in time of war or of imminent threat of war; such penalty shall be applied only in the instances laid down in the law and in accordance with its provisions ..."

    Source:
    Official Journal of the European Union C 303/17 - 14.12.2007
    Preamble - Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights:
    These explanations were originally prepared under the authority of the Praesidium of the Convention which drafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Although they do not as such have the status of law, they are a valuable tool of interpretation intended to clarify the provisions of the Charter.

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  • Constitution of Ireland
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    1. Every person has the right to life and corporal integrity.
    2. [Deleted]
    3. Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this Article when it results from the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary -
    (a) in defence of person or property against the infliction of aproportionate and otherwise unavoidable and irreparable evil;
    (b) in order to effect an arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained;
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    2. [Διαγράφηκε].
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    (α) επί αμύνης προσώπου ή περιουσίας προς αποτροπήν αναλόγου και άλλως αναποτρέπτου και ανεπανορθώτου κακού,
    (β) προς διενέργειαν συλλήψεως ή προς παρεμπόδισιν αποδράσεως προσώπου νομίμως κρατουμένου,
    (γ) επί πράξεως γενομένης προς σκοπόν καταστολής ταραχών ή στάσεως.

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