No right to assisted suicide in Europe

Court Judgement On Swiss Assisted Suicide Row | HUMANERIGHTSEUROPE: The Court acknowledged that the right of an individual to decide how and when to end his life, provided that said individual was in a position to make up his own mind in that respect and to take the appropriate action, was one aspect of the right to respect for private life. However, the dispute in Mr Haas’ case concerned another matter: whether or not under Article 8 the State had the “positive obligation” to enable him to obtain, without a prescription, a substance enabling him to end his life without pain and without risk of failure.