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The eugenic origins of Euthanasia By Grégor PuppinckThe Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité (ADMD) has been the main promoter of euthanasia and assisted suicide in France for over 40 years, but its history is little known. We're going...
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How the ECHR Constructs a Right to DieBy Grégor PuppinckAs the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) prepares to rule on a significant euthanasia case on November 28 and as it has been seized by 34 other applicants in two cases against France, Grégor...
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"Making die" or "letting die"?By Nicolas BauerThe ECLJ intervened as a third party in a case pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Medmoune v. France (No.55026/22). This case concerns the medical decision to stop the...
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Euthanasia: the Slippery SlopeBy Grégor PuppinckOn June 28, the French Senate Social Affairs Committee adopted a new report on the end of life, in which it opposed the inclusion in law of a right to "active assistance in dying," pointing in...
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Euthanasia is on the Rise in CanadaBy ECLJOn the 44 th session of the Universal Periodic Reviews , the ECLJ presented to the UN a report on Canada concerning the progressive development of euthanasia. Indeed, designated under the euphemism...
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Signatures
Euthanasia Violates Fundamental RightsSign
Petition the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons and the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities , as well as the UN Committee on the...
Dying: Abstract Right or Social Issue?By Nicolas BauerWhile a French Citizens ’ Convention on the end of life has come out in favor of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide, legal scholar Nicolas Bauer reminds us in Le Figaro that, from an...
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La CEDH valide l'euthanasieBy Grégor PuppinckOn October 4th 2022, The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made public its judgment in the Mortier versus Belgium case, so named after a man contesting the euthanasia that was carried out,
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ECHR: No Right to Assisted SuicideBy Nicolas BauerThe rejection of the application of a Danish poisoner, Svend Lings, was the occasion for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to clarify for the first time that there is no right to assisted...
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Alta Fixsler: A New Charlie Gard case?By ECLJA U.K. hospital demands the right to withdraw life support to a young Israeli girl, against the wishes of her parents and the requests of the State of Israel. By David A. Chesley, Regent University...
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ECHR: abuses of euthanasia in BelgiumBy Priscille KulczykThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed to consider the application introduced by a man whose mother was euthanized without him or his sister being informed. Priscille Kulczyk a Research...
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Euthanasia: How Belgium Law is WrongBy Priscille KulczykOnly five years after the Claeys-Leonetti law of February 2, 2016, the end-of-life debate has been reignited in France with a pro-euthanasia offensive consisting of four proposed laws. In the Senate,
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UN Experts Against EuthanasiaBy Claire de La HougueIn a press release of 25 January 2021, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights; and the Independent Expert on the...
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Soros-Judge Abandons Patient to DeathBy Grégor PuppinckYonko Grozev, one of George Soros’ former employees who became a judge at the ECHR, has just abandoned to his death, without any further ado, a Polish patient in a coma since last November. The Court...
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CRPD/Lambert: The ECLJ IntervenesBy ECLJOn October 6, 2020, the ECLJ submitted its written observations to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding Communication No. 59/2019 presented on behalf of Mr. Vincent...
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Vincent Lambert case continuesBy Grégor PuppinckEditorial published in French in Valeurs actuelles on 5th Decembre 2019 Two proceedings initiated before Vincent Lambert's death are still in progress. One against Dr. Sanchez, before the Reims...
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Ten Answers about Vincent LambertBy Christophe FoltzenlogelThe determination of Vincent Lambert’s parents towards their son’s life, despite his heavily disabled condition, arouses admiration but also a lot of misunderstanding and contempt. At a time when...
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We’re Taking a Stand for V. LambertBy Christophe FoltzenlogelAs we feared, the French physician in charge of taking care of Vincent Lambert announced this Tuesday morning (2 July 2019) that he would start again euthanizing his patient. As the Director General...
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Vincent Lambert: his mother at the UNBy ECLJThe English translation of the text is below. Thank you sir, I am neither a doctor nor an attorney; I am Vincent’s mother, and of course nothing will stop me from defending the life of my son. I want...
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