在1953年9月3日生效之歐洲人權公約，是自第二次世界大戰後，第一個針對基本權利之保障所草擬與實踐的國際公約，其中第2條明文規定生命權應受到保障。生命權為所有受到歐洲人權公約保障的基本權利之首，倘若私人的生命權遭到會員國侵害，其可依據歐洲人權公約規定之程序，向歐洲人權法院尋求法律救濟。本文一方面探究受到歐洲人權公約第2條所保障的生命權，其範疇為何，與會員國在何種情形下可以採取措施限制之；另一方面則探討我國法律制度中的相關規定。而藉由比較歐洲與我國之人權保障制度，可以明瞭我國未來的發展方向及應予改進之處。 The European Convention on Human Rights, which came into force on September 3, 1953, is the first international convention drafted and implemented for the protection of fundamental human rights after World War II. The first right guaranteed in this Convention is the right to life stipulated in Article 2. If the individual's right to life is infringed by a High Contracting Party, the victim can, by reference to the procedural mechanism established by the Convention, submit an application to the European Court of Human Rights for seeking legal remedy. This thesis is to explore to what extent the right to life is protected by Article 2 of the Convention and on what circumstances the High Contracting Parties may take measures for restricting it on the one hand, and their conformity with those relevant rules contained in the Taiwanese Legal System on the other. It is intended that by virtue of the comparison between the European and Taiwanese System for the protection of human rights, the further development and improvement of the latter can be raised.
