TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The human right to suicide under international law
JO  - Human rights law review
A1  - Fellmeth, A.
A1  - Abourahma, N.
SP  - 641
EP  - 670
VL  - 21
IS  - 3
N2  - Suicide is amajor global public health problem, but rarely is the subject viewed as a human right. With the sole exception of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), no international authority has taken a strong position on whether a human right to suicide exists. Even that court's jurisprudence goes no further than intimating that such a right falls within the scope of the human right to private life. This essay tackles the question of whether there is a human right to suicide under existing international law and, if so, what are its sources and limits. It concludes with an analysis of what obligations, both negative and positive, a right to suicide would impose on the state. © 2021 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1461-7781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngab010
ID  - ref1
ER  -