Press Release No. 12/2020 of 26 February 2020 Judgment of 26 February 2020 2 BvR 2347/15, 2 BvR 2527/16, 2 BvR 2354/16, 2 BvR 1593/16, 2 BvR 1261/16, 2 BvR 651/16 The general right of personality (Art. 2(1) in conjunction with Art. 1(1) of the Basic Law, Grundgesetz - GG) encompasses a right to a self-determined death. This right includes the freedom to take one`s own life and, as the case may be, resort to assistance provided voluntarily by third parties for this purpose. Where, in the exercise of this right, an individual decides to end their own life, having reached this decision based on how they personally define quality of life and a meaningful existence, their decision must, in...
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