Critical-legal study of the sentence 67-23-IN/24 of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador: The right to a dignified death.

Abstract

The right to life is a fundamental principle of human rights, guaranteeing all persons the inherent right to live and to have their existence respected, except in exceptional circumstances. This right has given rise to others that reinforce human dignity, such as physical integrity, free development of personality and autonomy. However, from the medical-scientific perspective, there are physical or psychological conditions that, despite medical advances, cannot always be mitigated, which raises an ethical and legal dilemma as to whether these situations affect the concept of a dignified life. This article proposes a critical-legal analysis of sentence 67-23-IN/24 of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador on the right to die with dignity.