Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (England) - House of Lords

Date: 07/30/2009

Subject: The House of Lords, taking the cue from the decision in the case Pretty and the related ECHR’s jurisprudence, states that the assistance lent to a relative’s suicide, prohibited by the English law, cannot be punished if the acts are committed in a foreign State where such conduct is not prohibited.

Parties: R (on the application of Purdy) (Appellant) c/ Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent)

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 7 Privacy

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