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... like the freedom of expression, or the right to peaceful enjoyment of private property). However, in some circumstances the Convention imposes a duty on the State to take active steps to enable its citizens to enjoy the rights protected under the ECHR.These duties are called "positive obligations". Accordingly, the ECHR created, with every article, a positive obligation to the United Kingdom, that being ensuring all these rights are protected. Two of the most important articles in the ECHR are Articles 2 and 3. Article 2 refers to the right to life. It guarantees an "absolute right and derogations are not permitted even in difficult times of war or public emergency". Though, there are some exceptions where a person can be deprived of his life but only in circumstances that are covered by law. Those exceptions have been defined in Article 2(2), and cover the use of necessary force in self-defence, to quell ...