Authority: Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nacion (Argentina)

Date: 07/07/2015

Subject: The Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación authorised the withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration and of all medical treatments in relation to a patient in a persistent vegetative state, also recalling the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: D., M. A. s/ declaración de incapacidad

Original language: Spanish

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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