The controversial decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the Gard case and others against the United Kingdom

Authors

  • Mª Luisa Marín Castán Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Universitat de Barcelona.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2019.0.21890

Keywords:

European Court of Human Rights, Charlie Gard case, bioethics, dignified death, autonomy, euthanasia, child euthanasia

Abstract

The commented decision of the European Court of Human Rights refers to one of the most shocking and heartbreaking cases in recent times in the United Kingdom, which has had a great deal of media coverage. It raises some of the most important issues on Bioethics, such as dignified death, therapeutic cruelty, the judicialization of bioethical conflicts, patient’s autonomy by representation, passive euthanasia in childhood or the confrontation between two conceptions of bioethics: the utilitarian and the personalist. With this contribution, I will limit myself to reflecting on some of the aspects that can contribute to promote the debate, free of prejudices and fundamentalisms of all kinds, that will allow the formation of consensus, as bioethics requires in the scenario of a global world.

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Published

2018-05-29

How to Cite

Marín Castán, M. L. (2018). The controversial decision of the European Court of Human Rights on the Gard case and others against the United Kingdom. Revista De Bioética Y Derecho, (43), 261–276. https://doi.org/10.1344/rbd2019.0.21890

Issue

2018: Núm. 43 - jul - Dossier on political and judicial strategies in the debate for the legalization of abortion in Latin America, coordinated by J. Arosteguy and S. Deza

Section

Bioethics in the Courts

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