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1.1.meEuropeanConventiononHumanRights…
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stillremainsproblematic.mereis,however,nodoubtwhatsoever,that
meConventionprotectstherighttolifeinKpostnatalindividuals”inits
entirety.AsitappearsinmeConvention,thewordKeveryone”isusedto
representeverymemberofthehomosapienssapiensspecies,inreference
totheperiodoftimebetweenbirthanddeath.Ifoneconcludesthatthe
limitednatureoftheaforementionedperiodduringwhichrulesprotecting
humanlifeisapplicable,onewillfindamanifestcontradictionbetween
theexplicitcontentofstandardsassetoutinArt.1oftheECHR:Kme
HighContractingPartiesshallsecuretoeveryonewithintheirjurisdiction
therightsandfreedomsdefinedinSectionIofthisConvention”;thecon-
tradictionbeinginmeConvention’sphilosophicalnatureandtherefore
thegoalsimpliedtherein.PartiesreferredtoinmeConventionarethus
responsibleforanybreachinlawsprotectingtherightsandfreedomsofall
individualsfallingunderthejurisdictionofsaidConvention12.
musrestrictingtherangeofindividualswhofallundermeConven-
tion’sprotectionthroughtheexclusionofthosespecificcategoriesofin-
dividualsborninaccordancewithinthejurisdictionofmeConvention,
wouldappeartobeanexampleofacontralegeminterpretation;however,
anyhypothesiswhichbroadensthisrangeofindividualsintotherealms
ofthoseinaprenatalstateofdevelopmentseemsnot,however,tobreak
anyoftheethical,axiologicalandlogicalcoherenceoftreaty’sspecific
regulations.Recognizingthatpartiesadmitliabilityforensuringallthe
rightsandfreedomsmentionedinmeConventiontoeachindividual
fromthemomentofconceptiononwards,therebyacceptingthatthe
righttolifeshouldalsobeaccordedtohumanembryosandfoetuses,is
innowayindirectcontradictionwithmeConvention’sregulations13.
12
JudgementoftheECtHRfrom8April2004,inthecaseAssanidzev.Georgia,Ap-
plicationno.71503/01;judgementECtHRfrom8April2004,intheIlaşcuandothers
v.MoldaviaandRussia,Applicationno.48787/99;C.Mik,Charakter,strukturaizakres
zobowiązańzEuropejskiejKonwencjiPrawCzłowieka,KPaństwoiPrawo”1992,Vol.4,
pp.12–13;M.A.Nowicki,EuropejskaKonwencjaoOchroniePrawCzłowiekaiPodsta-
wowychWolności,KPalestra”1991,No.10,p.61.
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A.H.Robertson,J.G.Merrills,HumanrightsinEurope.AstudyoftheEuropeanCon-
ventiononHumanRights,Manchester–NewYork1993,p.34.
