Özet:

This article aims to grasp the right to life from a different perspective. Modernity focuses to understand life through living rather than death. The right to life is perfectly suited for body politics of positive power. When life became a basic concept that encompasses the whole social space in modernity, it has also come to the fore as the most basic protection area of law. Yet, understanding the right to life without considering body politics inevitably remains uncomplete. As is well known, life is also considered as a primary research area by human rights as an academic discipline and of course human rights law. The right to life is the fundamental founding right of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The scope of the right regulated Article 2 of the Convention has been expanded in time by way of the relevant case law and court practices. Under the influence of case law, the Convention has obtained a very dynamic content and has adapted itself to new emergent situations. Finally, it should be pointed out that, although not included in the text of the Convention, many issues such as abortion and euthanasia have been discussed in the human rights case law.

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