THE RIGHT TO DIGNITY IN DYING (EUTHANASIA)

Abstract

The presented paper was created as a result of the author's personal conviction of the necessity of legislative regulation of the institution of euthanasia, in the sense of unreserved respect for basic human rights. In this regard, in the following text we deal with the argumentation that supports the position taken, the dilemma of the (non)existence of the right to death as a counterpart to the right to life, the question of the relevance of the quality of life in the context of euthanasia, the conceptual explanation, the rarely mentioned institute "patient's testament" as necessarily, the accompanying segment of the legalization of euthanasia. The author also makes a brief overview of the current state of regulation of the "right to a dignified death" in the Civil Code of the Republic of Serbia, which is still in the preliminary draft stage.