The concept of homo sacer (coined by Giorgio Agamben in his most acclaimed work Homo sacer. Sovereign Power and Bare Life) denotes a person who lives in the shadow of death, perceived as a persistent abuse of power by the state. The author uses this concept in the analysis of the right-to-life construct in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950. The author also tries to demonstrate the effectiveness of juxtaposing the exercise of the right to life with the sovereign’s competence to decide on an individual’s death.