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Sterbehilfe und begleiteter Suizid (Behandlungsabbruch, Sterbefasten und palliative Sedierung)
Zeitschrift für Lebensrecht, Vol. 32 (2023), Iss. 4 : pp. 491–502
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Prof. Dr. Hans Kudlich, Lehrstuhl für Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht und Rechtsphilosophie Schillerstr. 1 91054 Erlangen, Deutschland
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The decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court on § 217 penal code (Strafgesetzbuch – StGB) was groundbreaking in several ways: In terms of “constitution and criminal law”, because for the first time a provision of the core criminal law of the StGB was declared unconstitutional for material reasons; in terms of fundamental rights dogmatic on the one hand due to a dedicated decision for a maximum strong right to self-determination at the end of life, on the other hand because it was assumed that people willing to die are also affected themselves by the fact that helpful third parties were subjected to a threat of punishment. Nevertheless, the legal situation has not actually changed spectacularly as a result of the decision – an unconstitutional criminal provision has been repealed and thus only the situation has been restored that had existed since the RStGB came into force. Nevertheless, follow-up questions arise, such as how the legislature will regulate the question of assisted suicide in the future, how phenomena such as fasting to death or palliative sedation should be treated in the event of a – politically conceivable – renewed penalization of assisted suicide and what effect the decision will have on the interpretation of § 216 StGB (killing on demand) will have.
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Kudlich: Sterbehilfe und begleiteter Suizid (Behandlungsabbruch, Sterbefasten und palliative Sedierung) | 491 | ||
| I. Einleitung | 491 | ||
| II. Die Rechtslage vor – und damit jetzt auch wieder nach – § 217 StGB a.F. | 492 | ||
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492 | ||
| 2. Althergebrachte Strafbarkeit der Tötung auf Verlangen | 492 | ||
| 3. Strafbarkeit der Mitwirkung an einer nicht-eigenverantwortlichen Selbsttötung | 493 | ||
| III. § 217 StGB a.F. und die hiergegen gerichteten Verfassungsbeschwerden | 494 | ||
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494 | ||
| 2. Die rasche erste Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen § 217 StGB | 496 | ||
| 3. Kernaussagen des BVerfG | 497 | ||
| IV. Konsequenzen | 497 | ||
| 1. Wiederherstellung der Rechtslage von vor § 217 StGB | 497 | ||
| 2. Folgen für § 216 StGB? | 498 | ||
| 3. Weitere gesetzgeberische Entwicklung | 499 | ||
| 4. Folgefragen bei einer erneuten Pönalisierung der Suizidbeihilfe | 499 | ||
| V. Fazit | 500 |