Authority: Supreme Court of Canada

Date: 02/06/2015

Subject: The Supreme Court of Canada deemed null, for violation of article 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (right to life, freedom and security), sections 241(b) and 14 of the Criminal Code on the liability to punishment as a crime of assisted suicide, where they do not allow assisted suicide for a mentally competent adult, despite his explicit and clear consent and a serious and irremediable medical condition, which provokes constant and intolerable pain

Parties: Lee Carter, Hollis Johnson, William Shoichet, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Gloria Taylor v. Attorney General of Canada Lee Carter, Hollis Johnson, William Shoichet, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Gloria Taylor v. Attorney General of Canada and Attorney General of British Columbia

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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