Experience of Foreign Legislative Regulation of Criminal Liability for Euthanasia

Vera Alizade (MGIMO University), Experience of Foreign Legislative Regulation of Criminal Liability for Euthanasia, Materials on the XIII Int’l Sci. Prac. Internet Conf. (Feb. 26, 2021):

Termination of the life of a person suffering from an incurable disease, so called euthanasia, is a very difficult moral and ethical problem and legal problem. Currently there are two main types of euthanasia: passive and active. Passive euthanasia is accompanied by the termination of maintenance therapy necessary for the dying person, whereas active euthanasia is the administration of medications to a dying person or other actions, that lead to his quick and painless death. Assisted suicide is also considered to be an active euthanasia (providing the patient with appropriate medications).