Success for DIGNITAS at the Constitutional Court of Austria: prohibition of assisted suicide is unconstitutional
11 December 2020
On 11 December 2020 – just one day after the international day of human rights – the Austrian Constitutional Court in Vienna judged on the constitutional complaint against the prohibition of assistance in suicide and voluntary euthanasia; the case was initiated by DIGNITAS – To live with dignity – To die with dignity through the Vienna law firm ETHOS.legal: The prohibition of assistance in suicide (second fact of § 78 of the Austrian Criminal Code) is unconstitutional. With this judgment, the people of Austria finally receive the freedom of choice and the human right which they have been entitled to for a long time: to decide themselves on the time of end of their suffering and life and to make use of help of third persons, thus also professional help.
Facts and live-streaming video of the judgment (Link, in German)
