Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG)
Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG), [1993] 3 SCR 519 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the prohibition of assisted suicide was challenged as contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") by a terminally ill woman, Sue Rodriguez. In a 5–4 decision, the Court upheld the provision in the Criminal Code.
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Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG)
Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG), [1993] 3 SCR 519 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the prohibition of assisted suicide was challenged as contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") by a terminally ill woman, Sue Rodriguez. In a 5–4 decision, the Court upheld the provision in the Criminal Code.
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Création de Rodriguez c. Colom ...... disposition du Code criminel.
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Rodriguez v British Columbia ( ...... rovision in the Criminal Code.
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Rodriguez v British Columbia
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[1993] 3 SCR 519, 107 DLR 342, 1993 CanLII 75
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1993-09-30
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Cory J
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Lamer CJ
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McLachlin J
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Sue Rodriguez v The Attorney G ...... ey General of British Columbia
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1993-05-20
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On appeal from the Court of Appeal for British Columbia
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L'Heureux-Dubé J
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La Forest, Gonthier, Iacobucci and Major JJ
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 7
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Criminal Code, s 241
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Sopinka J
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Carter v Canada (AG), 2015 SCC 5
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Criminal prohibition of assisted suicide does not violate the Charter.
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Appeal dismissed
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Création de Rodriguez c. Colom ...... disposition du Code criminel.
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Rodriguez v British Columbia ( ...... rovision in the Criminal Code.
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Rodriguez c. Colombie-Britannique (Procureur général)
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Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG)
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