Koch Almanya'ya Karşı Davası

Abstract

In Konch v. Germany, the European Court of Human Rights again has ruled on application regarding an alleged right to assisted suicide. The Court elaborated on some procedural implications of article 8 in cases in which domestic courts are faced with requests to facilitate a suicide. İt also stated, as it had already held in the cases Pretty v UK AND Haas v Switzerland, that the right to private life under article 8 ECHR does not entall an obligation for states to assist citizens seeking to commit suicide.