El derecho a la muerte digna y el ordenamiento jurídico ecuatoriano

Abstract

This research work has been the result of the search, collection and analysis of different sources of knowledge, which have served as a basis for understanding and better discernment of the subject, with the aim of carrying out a project that encourages the implementation of the right to dignified death as a guarantee to a dignified life, a right that is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador. The right to dignified death is a social problem of great transcendence worldwide, which is why some European and Latin American countries have recognized this right intrinsically by recognizing the right to a dignified life in each of their legislations. Ecuador is a state of rights according to the constitution of 2008, making reference Art. 66 recognizes and guarantees a dignified life to each of the Ecuadorians, likewise in Article 84 of the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador as a guarantee normative the National Assembly will have "the obligation to adapt necessary norms to guarantee human dignity", but in our country the right to dignified death, has not been discussed in depth nor included in the legislation, it should be emphasized that no means of practice of a dignified death, is not classified as a crime.