Kan liv tas til vern av annet enn menneskelig liv og helse?

Abstract

May life be taken in order to defend other values than life and health? Until the new provision on the right to life in the Norwegian constitution, Norwegian law would seem to have allowed for this, whereas our obligations under international law, especially under the European Convention on Human Rights, would seem to prohibit it. This text argues among others for a revision of the penal law provision on self-defense in order to better reflect current domestic law.