Assisted suicide should be illegal throughout Europe, human rights body rules

Assisted suicide should be illegal throughout Europe, human rights body rules - Telegraph: In a declaration that will have legal implications in its 47 member states, the Strasbourg-based organisation announced that such practices “must always be prohibited.”

The move will represent a significant setback to assisted dying campaigners who want Britain to follow Holland, Belgium and Switzerland in allowing doctors to help end the lives of their patients.

The explicit condemnation of euthanasia was inserted into a non-binding resolution entitled: “Protecting human rights and dignity by taking into account previously expressed wishes of patients.”

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