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Legalising Active Voluntary Euthanasia Through the Courts: Some Lessons from Colombia

By Alliance Alert

Medical Law Review: "English language discussions of countries in which euthanasia is, to varying degrees, legalised, or in which the courts had to pronounce themselves on the issue, even though often in the end rejecting any legalisation of active euthanasia, rarely include any mention of Colombia. However, a look at the legal status of euthanasia in Colombia is interesting and thought-provoking, given that, at least to this author's knowledge, Colombia is the only country in which active euthanasia was, to some extent, decriminalised by a Constitutional Court decision, based on human rights arguments."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 01, 2009 (boomark / email).