The human right to water is indispensable for leading a life in human dignity, and it is a prerequisite for the realization of other human rights.

UNESCO: SERVICE DE PRESSE

In an attack on genetic manipulation, he said man now lives as if God did not exist, and claimed the Creator's right to interfere in the mystery of human life.

BBC: Pope strikes deep chord with Poles

He said Mr Nicklinson was seeking a court declaration based on his right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention - in effect saying that in his circumstances, his right to life included the right to end his life in a humane manner of his choosing.

BBC: 'Locked-in syndrome' man to have right-to-die case heard

Cumbria Police's decision was a "disproportionate and unjustifiable" breach of the man's right to private life - enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, said Mr Justice Stuart-Smith.

BBC: Cumbria Police infringed teacher's human rights

As MPs debated a motion tabled by the government on the application of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which enshrines the right to a family or private life in law, on 19 June 2012, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said she backed ministers' aim to deport more foreign criminals.

BBC: Debate on ECHR right to family life

What we are talking about is a fundamental human right: health is obviously essential to life itself, as it is pointed out in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights of 2005.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The European Convention on Human Rights protections - such as the right to a private and family life and freedom of expression - became directly enforceable in UK courts in 2000 via the Human Rights Act.

BBC: Deputy PM Nick Clegg defends UK human rights laws

Cardinal Brady said in his Christmas message that he hoped "that everyone who believes that the right to life is fundamental will make their voice heard in a reasonable, but forthright way to their representatives, reminding them that the right to life is conferred on human beings not by the powerful ones of this world but by the Creator".

BBC: Cardinal Sean Brady