Dutch not giving in to UN Human Rights Committee

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Every five years, many nations report to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), focusing on Human Rights issues in general and the "right to life" in particular. Last July, in considering the report of the Netherlands, the HRC urged the Dutch to change their euthanasia legislation to provide for judicial review before euthanasia took place.

Now the Dutch minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin has informed Parliament that the government continues to believe the HRC suggestion is not warranted, and that the existing requirement to have a second independent doctor's opinion is a sufficient prior safeguard. [Editor: Note that each and every Dutch euthanasia case is reviewed afterwards by a regional euthanasia review committee. Any non-reported cases would render the doctor liable to criminal proceedings.]

[Note: Some other recent stories related to this topic are in the Links: section below.]

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Source:

Jonquiere, Rob. "Dutch not giving in to UN Human Rights Committee | World Federation of Right to Die Societies". The World Federation of Right to Die Societies October 19, 2009 09:05 am. <worldrtd.net/node/925>. Obtained via the WF RSS Feed: http://worldrtd.net/rss.xml. The World Federation of Right to Die Societies, Dr.Hugh Wynne, Secretary, Board of Directors, <secretary@worldrtd.net>.

Tags:

Tags (or keywords) briefly indicate some major topics of the report.

  • euthanasia

  • United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC)

  • Netherlands

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The EuthaNEWSia ID for this advisory is: enid200910199626.
Mailed: Monday, October 19, 2009 13:45:06 -0600
at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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EuthaNEWSia is a free Canadian news advisory service covering end-of-life issues such as right to die, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. EuthaNEWSia is produced by the Right to Die Society of Canada which works toward a good death for all, including open, regulated and equitable access to euthanasia and assisted suicide. The editor is Michael Dawson <editor@euthanewsia.ca>. 

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