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Right to life: Article 2 and Protocol no 13

Human Rights Law in Scotland

Authors:
Robert Reed and Jim Murdoch
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Professional
Edition:
4th edition
Law Stated At:
31 March 2016
Chapter 4: Scope of the right to life State deprivation of life: loss of life through the deployment of lethal or potentially lethal force by state authorities Positive obligations: the duty to protect life – (i) protection of life through the provision and enforcement of legal and administrative regulation Positive obligations: the duty to protect life – (ii) the duty to protect life through the taking of specific action Positive obligations: the duty to investigate – the procedural aspect of Article 2 Particular issues arising under the right to life ...

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