Authority: High Court of South Africa (Sud Africa)

Date: 04/30/2015

Subject: The High Court of South Africa, although its effectiveness only concerns the specific case, ruled that the norms which punish and prohibit a medically-assisted suicide limit the right to human dignity and to physical and psychological integrity, in violation of the South-African Bill of Rights

Parties: Robert James Stransham-Ford v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, the Minister of Health, the Health Professional Council of South Africa and the National Director of Public Prosecution

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity

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