Abstract
Various specific themes can be discerned in ECtHR case law on the right to protection of life. The key decision in this aspect is McCann and others v. United Kingdom, of 27 September 1995. The case analyses the death of three IRA activists shot by British special forces in Gibraltar. The question of whether art. 2 of the Convention somehow covers assisted suicide was unanimously resolved by the Court in the famous Pretty v. United Kingdom of 29 April 2002. Risks of death which must be protected by the State may stem from (a) third parties and (b) serious environmental damage or (c) insufficient protection from legal and state regulations on matters of criminal procedure and prison organisation. ECtHR case law has been particularly interested in guaranteeing respect for the legal protection of life, with strict interpretation of the limits and pushing protection standards to the maximum. Keywords:Convention; ECtHR case law; legal protection; United Kingdom
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