Abstract: Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) came into force in 1953 as a result of World War 2 to protect the right to life. It states that no one shall be deprived of his life intentionally. This study has an exception provided in Article 2 (2) which allows the states to use force in “absolutely necessary” circumstances. This exception has been expanded to give authorisation to the state to use force under certain condition. It means that this exception can be overused by the state to justify taking lives and thus, not protecting adequately the right to life. It is also argued that Article 2 does not offer sufficient protection as it only focuses on the right to life (not being killed) and does not consider many other rights, such as civil rights. This study only prohibits deprivation of life and not the risk of deprivation of life. It is thus, concluded that Article 2 does not adequately protect the right to life as it does not cover many aspects such as civil rights and the foetu’s right to life.