Analysis of judgment 67-23-in/24: active euthanasia in Ecuador in relation to comparative law
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This article seeks to analyze the sentence 67-23-IN/24 issued on February 5, 2024 by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador, which resolves the conditional constitutionality of Article 144 of the Organic Integral Penal Code, which typifies the crime of simple homicide, process driven by Paola Roldán Espinosa, due to her advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disease without cure, Therefore, she requested to the highest body of justice and constitutional interpretation the right to a dignified death through an Action of Unconstitutionality, thus, the public action of unconstitutionality will be defined, what euthanasia consists of will be analyzed, as well as the dimensions that integrate the right to life and the free development of the personality will be studied; The requirements for access to a euthanasia procedure in Colombian and Ecuadorian legislation will be analyzed, in order to determine that the decriminalization of euthanasia in people suffering intense suffering guarantees a dignified life.
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