The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of Canada on the Right to Die with Dignity

Authors

  • Santiago Cañamares Arribas Universidad Complutense de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.108.11

Keywords:

Euthanasia, assisted suicide, autonomy, Comparative Law, Council of Europe, Canada

Abstract

The issues related to end of life situations have acquired great importance in today’s society, due to the increase in life expectancy as a result of the advances in medicine and the consolidation of the patient’s rights to autonomy. However, from a comparative approach neither legislation nor the case-law gives a clear answer to what scope should be recognized to this autonomy. This paper is focus on the different trends that can be currently found in wester legal systems in relation to the so called right to die with dignity in the light of the most recent pronouncements of the Strasbourg Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Cañamares Arribas, S. (2016). The Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of Canada on the Right to Die with Dignity. Revista Española De Derecho Constitucional, (108), 337–356. https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.108.11

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JURISPRUDENCE. CRITICAL STUDIES

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