University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Najviše kontraverzi i rasprava u krivičnom pravu i etičkih problema savremene
civilizacije posljednjih nekoliko decenija izaziva eutanazija. Danas je jedan od
najkompleksnijih pravnih izazova europskih zemalja pokušaj što pravednijeg
i opravdanijeg pristupa rješavanju slučajeva koji se dotiču pitanja eutanazije.
Zagovornici eutanazije smatraju da čovjek općenito, a naročito u slučajevima
lošeg kvaliteta života, teške bolesti i patnje, ima pravo okončati vlastiti život.
S druge strane, protivnici eutanazije drže da niko nema pravo oduzeti život bez
obzira na okolnosti, jer život po sebi ima neprocjenjivu vrijednost koju ne može
narušiti loša kvaliteta života, bolest ili patnja. Najglasniji protivnici eutanazije su
religije. U središtu učenja velikih svjetskih religija, budizma, islama, kršćanstva
i judaizma jest nepovredivost i svetost ljudskog života, pri čemu se eutanazija
tumači kao jedna vrsta zla koja je protivna prirodnim i božanskim zakonima.
Riječ je, dakle, o vrlo složenom, svojevrsnom problemu o kojem su oblikovana
različita stajališta i kojeg nije lako pravno regulisati. S obzirom da je u samoj
suštini eutanazije ljudski život, te da se ona dotiče pojedinih temeljnih ljudskih
prava i sloboda čovjeka neizbježna je njena uključenost u praksu Europskog suda
za ljudska prava.
Euthanasia has caused the most controversy and debate in criminal law and
ethical issues of modern civilization in the last few decades. Today, one of the
most complex legal challenges in European countries is to try to take a fairer
and more just approach to resolving euthanasia cases. Proponents of euthanasia
believe that a person in general, and especially in cases of poor quality of life,
serious illness and suffering, has the right to end his own life. Opponents of
euthanasia, on the other hand, hold that no one has the right to take a life regardless
of the circumstances, because life itself is invaluable and cannot be impaired by
poor quality of life, illness or suffering. The loudest opponents of euthanasia are
religions. At the heart of the teachings of the world’s great religions, Buddhism,
Islam, Christianity and Judaism is the inviolability and sanctity of human life,
with euthanasia being interpreted as a kind of evil contrary to natural and divine
laws. It is, therefore, a very complex, unique problem on which different points
of view have been formed and which is not easy to legally regulate. Given
that the very essence of euthanasia is human life, and that it touches on certain
fundamental human rights and human freedoms, its involvement in the case law
of the European Court of Human Rights is inevitable.
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