EUTHANASIA AS A WAY TO REALIZE THE HUMAN RIGHT TO THE DEATH WITH DIGNITY].

The purpose of the research is to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of euthanasia in the context of realizing the human right to death in order to legalize it in Ukraine. The main objective of the article is to summarize the experience of the EU countries on the issue of legalization and conduction of euthanasia and to determine the main ways of improving the legislation of Ukraine on this matter, taking into account the above-mentioned experience. While writing the article, the author has used general scientific and special legal methods. A comprehensive analysis of the legislation of European states has been carried out in order to formulate the author's vision of the concept of euthanasia and the procedure for its legalization in Ukraine. The main focus of the article is on the fact that euthanasia cannot be qualified as murder, since it is the exclusive right of a person to independently control his or her life. The legislation of a number of European countries has been analyzed. On this basis the author has argued on the expediency of introducing the institution of euthanasia in Ukraine. The necessity of consolidating the right to death in the Constitution of Ukraine as a way of realizing the human right to life has been substantiated. It has been proved that the presence of such a legal norm in Ukrainian legislation will prevent voluntary euthanasia from becoming compulsory and will depenalize the act itself. The author has offered to legalize euthanasia and the practice on euthanasia in Ukraine by adopting the Law of Ukraine "On Realizing the Right to the Death with Dignity".

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N Brovko, S Simakova, V Komarnitskyi, I Sabadash, P Shpenova. EUTHANASIA AS A WAY TO REALIZE THE HUMAN RIGHT TO THE DEATH WITH DIGNITY]. Georgian medical news. 2020 Dec(309):167-172

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