right to life

Question 1

what is right to life, provisions

Answer 1

Art. 4 ACHPR 1981
Art. 6 (1), ICCPR, 1966

Question 2

negative obligations

Question 3

positive obligations

Question 4

limitations

Answer 4

Lawful violence:
Death Penalty:
Arts. 2 ECHR & 6 ICCPR

Question 5

right to life in S/L

Answer 5

15a

Question 6

death penalty in S/L

Answer 6

16(1)

Question 7

list of offence for death penalty

Question 8

provisions abolishing death penalty

Answer 8

ECHR PROTOCOLS NO. 6 (abolish the death penalty in all military cases) and Protocol 13 (the abolition of the death penalty in its entirety.
OPTIONAL PROTOCOL 2 TO THE ICCPR – CALLING FOR A GLOBAL ABOLISHMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY
BUT NOTE THIS IS BINDING TO STATES THAT HAVE SIGNED AND RATIFIED THESE PROTOCOLS.

Question 9

prohibition against arbitrary deprivation of life

Answer 9

(Human Rights Committee (HRC), General comment no. 36, Article 6 (Right to Life), 3 September 2019, , para. 12, 13, 19).