Euthanasia is Counterfeit Compassion
The reality is that skyrocketing euthanasia rates and ever-easing conditions, all without accountability, send a devastating message. It says that at some point, a life is just no longer worth living.
The reality is that skyrocketing euthanasia rates and ever-easing conditions, all without accountability, send a devastating message. It says that at some point, a life is just no longer worth living.
It is a significant victory for Mortier and for those who have long warned of the slippery slope of euthanasia.
We should be fueled by a smart and hopeful attitude. It is no coincidence that hope is one of the three theological virtues in Christian tradition. It teaches us that however difficult our circumstances are, we must never fall into despair.
Signatories to the Convention must “abide by the final judgement of the court in any case to which they are parties.” Plans for an updated Bill of Rights offer no way around the fact that final rulings from Strasbourg have binding force in UK law.
Turkey’s open defiance of the rules upheld by the European Court of Human Rights has been a thorn in the EU’s side.
Oukabir is also now appealing his sentence based on the ‘Atristain Doctrine.’ As in the cases of the ETA members, information key to his conviction was obtained from him while ‘incommunicado.’
France finds itself in the ‘dock’ of Europe’s top human rights court over its censorial approach to an infomercial featuring joyful people with Down Syndrome.
These attacks on the rights of the unborn child are not isolated initiatives. They are well thought out and coordinated. A survey by the European Centre for Law and Justice reveals the existence of a real pro-abortion lobby within the European institutions.
The authors argue that the high courts of the Council of Europe and the EU are actually more ‘conservative’ than the Supreme Court of the United States on almost every polarising topic today.
The NGO Memorial International drew the Russian government’s disapproval because it gradually left the field of historical research to engage in much more political activities: the promotion of human rights, educational programs, and defense of political prisoners.
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