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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1983457.stm BBC News coverage of Diane Pretty's death] |
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1983457.stm BBC News coverage of Diane Pretty's death] |
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* [http://paul.raine.googlepages.com/dianepretty An essay which examines the legal and ethical considerations of Pretty's case] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003945/http://paul.raine.googlepages.com/dianepretty An essay which examines the legal and ethical considerations of Pretty's case] |
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Revision as of 07:50, 5 December 2017
Diane Pretty (15 November 1958 - 11 May 2002) was a British woman from
Pretty had been diagnosed with
Pretty took her case to court using the Human Rights Act 1998 to argue that the Director of Public Prosecutions should make a commitment not to prosecute anybody involved in helping her to die. She focused on Articles 3 and 8 in her argument. British courts did not accept Pretty's arguments, with the House of Lords, Britain's highest court at the time, eventually turning her case down.[4] The European Court of Human Rights refused to acknowledge that the European Convention on Human Rights provided a right to die,[5] and her appeal to that court also failed.[6] She stated "I feel I have no rights," after her appeal to the House of Lords was rejected. Diane Pretty died aged 43 on 11 May 2002, as her health had deteriorated over the last several months due to a series of lung and chest problems.[7]
See also
- Chantal Sébire
- Suicide Act 1961
- Pretty v. United Kingdom
- Right to die
References
- ^ Husband pays tribute to Diane Pretty, BBC
- ^ "Diane Pretty makes final 'death with dignity' plea", The Guardian, 2002
- ISBN 978-0-19-953990-1.)
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suggested) (help - ^ The Queen on the Application of Mrs Diane Pretty (Appellant) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Respondent) and Secretary of State for the Home Department (Interested Party)
- Questia(subscription required)
- ^ ECHR, Pretty v. the United Kingdom, application no. 2346/02
- ^ Diane Pretty dies, BBC