TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Criminalization of Assisted Suicide in Austria: the decision of the Constitutional court
JO  - BioLaw Journal
A1  - Battistella, G.
SP  - 315
EP  - 325
VL  - 2021
IS  - 2
N2  - By means of the decision of 11th December 2020, the Austrian Constitutional Court ruled § 78 StGB, II sentence unconstitutional, in that it absolutely bars medical assistance in dying. According to the Constitutional Court, the right to self-determination encompasses the faculty to decide in autonomy when and how to terminate life free from interferences by State authorities. In the essay I briefly compare this decision with the principles expressed by the Italian and German Constitutional Courts in their case-law. © 2020. All Rights Reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2284-4503
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15168/2284-4503-824
ID  - ref1
ER  -