LEGALIZED EUTHANASIA: A HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICAL ETHICAL DIAGNOSIS

Euthanasia has been the subject of much legal, religious, moral, and human rights debate in recent years. At the center of this debate is how to reconcile competing values: the wish of patients to choose to die by waiving their right to life through voluntary consent, and the necessity to uphold the inviolable right to life of every person, as recognized by Article 6 (1) of the ICCPR. Even thou...