EUROPEAN UNION|European construction|European Union · LAW|rights and freedoms
- an ceart chun na beatha Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- right to life
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- Sainmhíniú 'The fundamental right of human existence' 'The supreme right from which no derogation is permitted even in time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation' Tagairt A Dictionary of Human Rights, David Robertson, 2004 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, General Comment on the right to life, 30/04/82: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/84ab9690ccd81fc7c12563ed0046fae3
- Nóta The right to life finds its most general recognition in Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognizes the inherent right of every person to life, adding that this right 'shall be protected by law' and that 'no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of life'. (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/executions/standards.htm