Part I The Convention
Human Rights Act 1998 (1998 c 42) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 1 The Articles

Section 1(3)

Part I The Convention

Rights and Freedoms
Article 2
Right to life
1

Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law. No one shall be deprived of his life intentionally save in the execution of a sentence of a court following his conviction of a crime for which this penalty is provided by law.

2

Deprivation of life shall not be regarded as inflicted in contravention of this Article when it results from the use of force which is no more than absolutely necessary:

(a)     in defence of any person from unlawful violence;

(b)     in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape of a person lawfully detained;

(c)     in action lawfully taken for the purpose of quelling a riot or insurrection.

Article 3
Prohibition of torture

No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Article 4
Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
1

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.

2

No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.

3

For the purpose of this Article the term “forced or compulsory labour†shall

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