{"id":51919,"date":"2024-06-13T12:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=51919"},"modified":"2024-06-17T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:12:05","slug":"countries-must-not-be-forced-to-introduce-assisted-suicide-rules-europes-top-human-rights-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/echr-confirms-protection-from-euthanasia","title":{"rendered":"Countries cannot be forced to introduce assisted suicide, rules Europe\u2019s top human rights court"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"51919\" class=\"elementor elementor-51919\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1557ab6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1557ab6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b24675d\" data-id=\"b24675d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591471ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"591471ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of Hungary\u2019s right to uphold legal protections prohibiting assisted suicide; rejects challenge brought by Hungarian national seeking to end his life due to progressive neurodegenerative condition.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Ruling affirms the right of 46 member states of Council of Europe to maintain laws protecting life.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">ADF International intervened in case, arguing that states have an obligation to protect the right to life, there is no \u201cright to die\u201d.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72093a4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72093a4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-28-at-09.10.16-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20637\" alt=\"Jean-Paul Van De Walle outside of the European court of Human Rights\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-28-at-09.10.16-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-28-at-09.10.16-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-28-at-09.10.16-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7904f7dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7904f7dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;a8a425b3-2208-4b8e-8fbc-9798a073c7f7|24&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri,Arial&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">Strasbourg<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">(<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">13 June<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> 202<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">4<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> \u2013 The European Court of Human Rights has<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> upheld the right to life by striking<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> down a challenge <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">seeking<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">permit<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> assisted suicide in Hungary. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Hungarian national <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Da\u0301niel<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> Karsai, diagnosed with a progressive neurodegenerative condition, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">had <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">sought<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">undermine<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">Hungary\u2019s legal <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-focus\/protect-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protections <\/a><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"><a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\">for life<\/a> by<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\"> challenging its ban<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">assisted suicide<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW35759437 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d207ac elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"44d207ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cInstead of abandoning our most vulnerable citizens,<span style=\"color: #AF272F\"> \nsociety should do all it can to provide the best standards of care.\"<\/span>\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Jean-Paul Van De Walle, Legal Counsel and leading lawyer on the case for ADF International<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234e7215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"234e7215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In its decision, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/eng#%7B%22itemid%22:[%22001-234151%22]%7D\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Court affirmed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that prohibition of assisted suicide i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s in line with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the country\u2019s obligations under international law to protect life. Additionally, as the court pointed out, \u201cthe majority of the Council of Europe\u2019s member States continue to prohibit\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/campaign\/affirm-dignity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">euthanasia<\/a> and related practices (\u00a7 165).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We applaud today\u2019s decision by the European Court of Human Rights, which upholds Hungary\u2019s essential human rights protections. Although we deeply empathize with Mr. Karsai\u2019s condition and support his right to receive the best care and relief possible, it is clear from other jurisdictions that a right to die quickly becomes a duty to die. Instead of abandoning our most vulnerable citizens, society should do all it can to provide the best standards of care,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/jean-paul-van-de-walle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Paul Van De Walle<\/a>, Legal Counsel for ADF International.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ADF International, along with UK-based NGO Care Not Killing, intervened in the case of <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karsai v. Hungary<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, arguing that Hungary&#8217;s legal prohibition on assisted suicide must be upheld in line with the obligation under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.echr.coe.int\/documents\/d\/echr\/convention_ENG\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">European Convention on Human Rights (Article 2)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to protect the right to life.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Court: States are not required \u201cto provide access\u201d to assisted suicide<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In its submission to the Court, ADF International highlighted the inevitable abuses that ensue when legal protections for the right to life are eradicated. The brief explained: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Removing such provisions from law creates a dangerous scenario where pressure is placed on vulnerable people to end their lives in fear (whether or not justified) of being a burden upon relatives, carers, or a state that is short of resources.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The court held, as submitted by ADF International, that there is \u201cno basis for concluding that the member States are thereby advised, let alone required, to provide access\u201d to\u00a0assisted suicide. (\u00a7 143)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Seeking to legalize assisted suicide<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karsai, 46, wished to resort to assisted suicide before his physical condition further deteriorates. Hungary protects the lives of its citizens, including the vulnerable, by criminalizing the act of assisting somebody to end their life, whether the act is committed in Hungary or abroad. Mr. Karsai maintained that if he were to pursue\u00a0assisted suicide outside of Hungary, the Hungarian Criminal Code would apply to anyone assisting him. \u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The ruling in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karsai v. Hungary<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> confirms the 2002 decision made by the ECHR in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pretty v. UK<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which involved a woman with ALS. Back then, the Court similarly ruled that the British ban on assisted suicide did not violate the Convention and was designed to prevent abuse of the vulnerable.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In today\u2019s decision, the Court noted that \u201cit is part of the human condition that medical science will probably never be capable of eliminating all aspects of the suffering of individuals who are terminally ill\u201d (\u00a7 158). However, it emphasized that \u201cthis heightened state of vulnerability warrants a fundamentally humane approach by the authorities to the management of these situations, an approach which must necessarily include palliative care that is guided by compassion and high medical standards\u201d (ibid.).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Legalisation leads to abuses<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Worldwide, only a tiny minority of countries allow assisted suicide. Wherever the practice is allowed, legal \u2018safeguards\u2019 are insufficient to prevent abuses, proving most harmful to vulnerable members of society, including the elderly, the disabled, and those suffering from mental illness or depression. Suicide is something society rightly considers a tragedy to be prevented and the same must apply to assisted suicide. Care, not killing must be the goal we all strive towards<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d Van De Walle explained.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">ADF International<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> argued in its brief that there is no so-called \u201cright to die\u201d but, in fact, a clear right to life. This position, in line with both European and international human rights law, underscores the dangers that would ensue from forcing Hungary to allow assisted suicide, highlighting that the intentional taking of human life can never be safe.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The European Court of Human Rights also recognised these dangers in the October 2022 ruling in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/cases\/tom-mortier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mortier v. Belgium<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in which the the Court found that <a href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/20-years-euthanasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belgium<\/a> violated the right to life in the circumstances surrounding the euthanasia of Godelieva De Troyer. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As argued in ADF International\u2019s intervention: \u201cDespite alleged \u2018safeguards\u2019 and a \u2018strict\u2019 legal framework, young adults are euthanised because of \u2018incurable depression,\u2019 elderly people because of symptoms related to ageing, prisoners because of lack of access to appropriate mental health care or because of psychological suffering, twins because of becoming blind &#8211; to mention only some examples, among many others.\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Euthanasia and assisted suicide widely prohibited and rejected as \u201cunethical\u201d<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Of the 46 Member States of the Council of Europe, only six have legalized assisted suicide. Legislators in the vast majority of countries have rejected the practice. \u202fThe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/policies-post\/wma-resolution-on-euthanasia\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">World Medical Association<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> consistently and categorically has rejected the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide as unethical. Countries that have legalized euthanasia now allow the intentional killing of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fra.europa.eu\/en\/publication\/2017\/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu\/requesting-euthanasia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">children<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, those who are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/healthy-24-year-old-granted-right-die-belgium-329504\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">physically healthy<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and those who have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3070710\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">not given their consent<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In Resolution 1859 (2012), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated unequivocally that: \u00abEuthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit, must always be prohibited.\u00bb\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Once we as a society open the doors to intentional killing, there is no logical stopping point. 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