Abstract:
The article considers realization issues of the right to life based on the European
Court of Human Rights case-law. As a result of the study was shown that the right to
life is a personal inalienable natural right to life, which can be protected in the
European Court of Human Rights under Article 2 of the Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The purpose of the article is a
comprehensive analysis of the possibility to exercise the right to life based on the
European Court of Human Rights case-law. The study concluded that when making
decisions courts of the European Union and other states aimed at ensuring
fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Convention should apply ECHR caselaw. The article examines the issues of gaps in the law of Ukraine and some countries
of the world, related to euthanasia, the legal status of the embryo and some others. Emphasis is placed on the need for States Parties to pay special attention to the
realization of the right to life of refugees as a particularly vulnerable category of the
population.
