he issue from their point of view and understand exactly what pressure groups do in order to defend human rights. I learnt that their most effective asset, in comparison with the government, is that they are not at risk of bias from prosecutorial targets. Finally, I organised a discussion group with representatives of different ages and backgrounds in order to obtain a wider perspective on this issue. I gathered a range of students from my school on Wednesday 23rd June 2018 and posed questions involving the death penalty and human rights. I learnt that most people advocated for the combination of the law and public pressure groups to defend the right to life. Analysis and evaluation The right to life is not just a right; it is a moral principle that safeguards the preservation of human life. Governments are commonly attributed to being the main threat to the right to life , due to their use of the death penalty. When addressing a question regarding the right to life, it is inevitable that the more general issue of human rights will arise. As aforementioned, the UDHR has played a pivotal role in attitudes towards human rights. However, this has not all been positive. When producing the leaflet, I was exposed to the issue of cultural relativism. Cultural relativism states that some practices are ‘exempt from legitimate criticism from outsiders.’ The UDHR includes an article that forbids torture. However, female genital mutilation is considered by some as a form of torture and others as a cultural practice. Thus, the UDHR can be seen as forcing Western ideas onto the rest of the world. Conversely, it is seen as setting out broad principles and simply offering guidelines. Therefore, I was exposed to the global perspectives regarding the defence of human rights. The history of global legislation regarding the death penalty should be considered as it symbolises the change in perspective and shows how the law can defend the right to life. In the interview, I was told that in 1994, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommend that a further protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights should be established that the willingness to ratify this would be made a prerequisite for membership of the Council. This would provide for the complete abolition of the death penalty>