Chevalier-Watts, Juliet2015-10-2120112015-10-212011Chevalier-Watts, J. (2011). Military operations and the right to life: the uneasy bedfellows. Human Rights and International Legal Discourse, 5(2), 207–232.1783-7014https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9689This article explores the challenges facing the European Court of Human Rights in relation to a High Contracting Party's right to deploy the military as a resull of insurgent or terrorist activity, and the obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention), concerning the right to life, that were imposed on High Contracting Parties as a result of ratifying the Convention. In considering these challenges, this article addresses firstly the ground-breaking case of McCann and Others v United Kingdom, and then focuses on the jurisprudence arising out of right to life cases brought against firstly Turkey and then Russia as a result of military operations, which have been heavily influenced by the case of McCann.application/pdfen© 2011 Intersentia. Used with permission.Journal Article