The Legality of Active Euthanasia in Relation to Human Rights and Legal Approaches to Active Euthanasia in Different States
The Legality of Active Euthanasia in Relation to Human Rights and Legal Approaches to Active Euthanasia in Different States

Summary/Abstract: This paper has its focus on the relation between active euthanasia (AE) and human rights. Additionally, itresearches the differences between the approaches of different states on the justification of AE. The two most significantsources, which are interpreted in this paper, are the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the two casesof the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).The paper attempts to provide solutions to an issue regarding the relation between AE and human rights as theECHR values the life of a human very high but, however, does not directly prohibit AE. Furthermore, the paper observeswhether justification for AE could be deduced from other human rights.The conclusion that might be drawn from this study is that there may be some human rights, which couldpotentially provide the justification for AE. However, as there exists also rights, which may be considered as opposite tothe justification, it might be stated that deriving the justification for AE from human rights would be difficult as well astime-consuming.

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