| Abstract [eng] |
It was established in the master's thesis that euthanasia is an act that is performed with the aim of helping a person suffering from a serious incurable disease or on the verge of death to be freed from suffering. The types of euthanasia were also determined: euthanasia can be divided according to the method of operation into active or passive; according to the degree of expression of the will of the treated person - voluntary or involuntary. The content of such Human Rights as the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to autonomy, the right to privacy and the right to equality in the context of euthanasia was determined and it was seen that all of them are interrelated and inseparable from human dignity. It was established that a number of problematic aspects related to euthanasia arise in the context of Human Rights, so it is impossible to unequivocally assess the issue of legalizing euthanasia in relation to the aforementioned rights. In the master's thesis also were analyzed countries that have legalized euthanasia in full, countries where only passive euthanasia is legalized and countries where euthanasia is prohibited. After determining the content of the principles of law, ethics and morality that are relevant to euthanasia, the question of whether euthanasia is considered a right, a freedom, or a duty was considered. |
