This Article is based on the common constitutional traditions of Member States and on Article 2 of the Protocol to the ECHR, which reads as follows:
Tá an ceart seo bunaithe ar chomhthraidisúin bhunreachtúla na mBallstát agus ar Airteagal 2 den Phrótacal a ghabhann leis an CECD ar mar seo a leanas atá: