Information Note on the Court’s case-law 225
January 2019
Mortier v. Belgium (communicated case) - 78017/17
Article 2
Positive obligations
Article 2-1
Life
Effective investigation
Alleged flaw in the legal safeguards on euthanasia: communicated
Article 8
Article 8-1
Respect for family life
Respect for private life
A person euthanised without her children being informed: communicated
The applicant’s mother was subjected to euthanasia by a doctor, who failed to inform the applicant or his sister. The mother had been suffering from chronic depression. The administrative board responsible for verifying compliance with the procedure and conditions prescribed by the Euthanasia Act had not found any irregularities, although its decision had not been made public. The applicant complain
