La eutanasia activa como muerte digna en la jurisprudencia Constitucional del Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The Constitutional Court, in accordance with article 438 of the CRE, and as the highest interpretive body, in attribution of its jurisdiction, has issued jurisprudence regarding dignified death based on objective law, and in case 67-23-IN / 24, it analyzes dignified death through the process of active euthanasia consented to by the person in the free exercise of their rights or by their representative in cases of serious and irreversible bodily injuries and catastrophic and incurable diseases, in which the categorization of rights prevails, that is, it considers life not only from the plane of existence, but from a decent life that allows the subject of law to develop freely and by themselves, with the development of their physical and intellectual capacities individually or collectively, however, with the suffering of irreversible circumstances, their development is made impossible and therefore they seek a way to end their life through the medical practice of active euthanasia, exercising their right to self-determination and whose decision does not affect the rights of others.