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Análisis de los avances jurisprudenciales en la protección del derecho a morir dignamente en Colombia desde el año 1997 hasta el año 2021

Resumen

The present work collects the analysis carried out after studying the jurisprudential pronouncements and determinations of the advances that have been made regarding the protection of the right to die with dignity in Colombia. The monograph focuses on glimpsing the jurisprudential development with which it has currently achieved, the effectiveness, applicability and constitutional protection of the right to euthanasia, if in fact it has defined the scope of the right, guaranteeing and expanding scenarios of origin of the law. to die with dignity, this with a view to eliminating the barriers that still exist for effective access to said right to people who are in health circumstances that cause intense suffering of physical or moral degradation, given the intensity of the pain and suffering they suffer and that they can voluntarily decide to put an end to deep suffering. The foregoing is an input so that Colombians who suffer a health condition that prevents them from having a decent life and wish to end their existence, know the evolution that the jurisprudence has had and its scope, to access the practice of euthanasia, and how the considerations of the Court through recent jurisprudence (Sentence T233 of 2021), supports and protects patients who want to end their existence due to their intense pain and deterioration of their quality of life. A tool is provided that enables knowledge of the jurisprudential scenario, aimed at the patient being able to make use of the right to euthanasia, not only as a result of a terminal illness, but also because of a condition that causes unbearable pain that affects their quality of life and human dignity.