Ⅰ. The Concept and Dimensions of the Right to Life&B.G. Ramcharan

Ⅱ. The Drafting History of Treaty Provisions on the Right to Life

A. The Legislative History of the Right to Life in the Inter-American Legal System&J. Collon-Collazo

B. The Drafting History of Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Note by the Editor

C. The Drafting History of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights&B.G. Ramcharan

Ⅲ. The Satisfaction of Survival Requirements&F. Menghistu

Ⅳ. The Inter-Relationship Between the Right to life and the Right to Development&P.J.M. De Waart

Ⅴ. The Inter-Relationship Between the Right to Life and the Right to Peace&A.A. Tikhonov

Ⅵ. Genocide and Mass Killings: Illusion and Reality&L. Kuper

Ⅶ. The Right to Life and the Rule of Non-Gerogatability: Peremptory Norms of Jus Cogens&W.P. Gormley

Ⅷ. The Obligations to 'Respect' and to 'Ensure' the Right to Life&H.A. Kabaalioglu

Ⅸ. Protection of the Right to Life by Law and by Other Means&A. Redelbach

Ⅹ. The Concept of Arbitrary Deprivation of Life&C.K. Boyle

Ⅺ. Arbitrary Deprivation of Life: Controls on Permissible Deprivations&D.D. Nsereko

Ⅻ. International Legal Standards on Capital Punishment&R. Sapienza

ⅩⅢ. Protecting the Right to Life: International Measures Against Arbitrary or Summary Killings by Governments&D. Weissbrodt

Annexes

Selective Bibliography

Index