La eutanasia como un derecho derivado de la dignidad humana y su aplicación dentro del marco constitucional ecuatoriano

Abstract

This degree project seeks to delve into the study of euthanasia, as a fundamental right inherent to the human being. Certainly, the Ecuadorian legislation does not allow its application, but it is no less true that the development of constitutional law in one way or another will at some point recognize it and become a milestone in Ecuadorian law. The Magna Carta of our nation recognizes all those rights derived from human dignity, that is, those rights that we hold by the simple fact of being born alive. So, if the right to a dignified life is recognized, it is imperative that the right to die with dignity be recognized. However, religious conceptions and their followers have allowed the sacred conception of life to be maintained in the legal framework, preventing the application of euthanasia. Thus, to think that euthanasia is viable in Ecuador would be to turn a utopia into a reality as it has been done in other countries, such as Colombia, the United States, Holland, Belgium, among others, because unlike of suicide, to die with dignity is a right, which goes beyond mere existence, because when the physical, mental, and intellectual conditions, as well as the suffering and agony, are intolerable and irreversible, it is the duty and obligation of the state to come to the aid of the administrator, of his principal, and that at his request he can be shielded with this right, that alleviates his suffering and ends his existence, in a dignified manner, in the companyof his loved ones in an atmosphere of peace and dignity