Protocol 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms forbids any form of discrimination and guarantees that no one can be the object of any kind of discrimination by any public authority, regardless of the reason.
Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Concerning the Abolishment of Death Penalty in All Circumstances is of exceptional importance, as it provides the Council of Europe with a legal instrument abolishing death penalty even for crimes committed in war or during imminent threat of war.