Citation

Portugués MR. Revista General de Derecho Administrativo 2021; 56: 1-27.

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(Copyright © 2021)

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Abstract

In Spain an Act is about to be approved that both decriminalizes and makes euthanasia and assisted suicide an object of public service. This work considers whether a project with such characteristics can find constitutional support in the free development of the personality referred to in article 10.1 CE. Both the American jurisprudence on freedom of personal choice and the ECHR on personal autonomy are critically analyzed, both in relation to euthanasia. After also studying the Spanish jurisprudence on free development of the personality, an interpretation of this constitutional clause is proposed, concluding that a legal text such as the one cited cannot be protected in that clause. © 2021, Iustel. All rights reserved.

Language: es

Keywords

Euthanasia; Assisted suicide; Free development of personality; Fundamental rights