Abstract

DIAZ-AMADO, Eduardo. The decriminalisation of euthanasia in Colombia: context, foundations and critiques. Rev. Bioética y Derecho [online]. 2017, n.40, pp.125-140.  Epub Nov 02, 2020. ISSN 1886-5887.

In the global debate on euthanasia the case of Colombia, which decriminalised it in 1997, is barely discussed. In this article it is examined the socio-political and legal context in which the Constitutional Court decriminalised mercy killing in 1997, the challenges this decision meant for the Colombian society and the requirements this Court set in 2014 to guarantee the right to euthanasia. At the end, some critical considerations around the euthanasia debate in Colombia are offered.

Keywords : euthanasia; Colombia; die with dignity; pluralism; respect for autonomy..

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