"Rights" mean only what lawyers want them to mean

"Everyone's right to life shall be protected by law." Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This means that countries that are signaturies of the Convention and have conscription - like Russia and Ukraine - are breaking the law. Either that or the concept of "rights" is a nonsense. Which is it? (Come to that, what about volunteer armed forces? They are put in harm's way, so how are they legal?).... "Is there any point in having armed forces?" is on this blog on 1 July 2018.