Decisions of the Court Regarding Assisted Suicide and Veiling of the Head at Elementary Schools

11.12.2020

Prohibition of Any Form of Assisted Suicide Violates Right to Self-Determination - To Ban Veiling of the Head in Elementary Schools is unconstitutional (aussi en français)

The Austrian Constitutional Court today has decided upon applications regarding assisted suicide and the veiling of the head at elementary Schools. Please find the decisions below.

(Les décisions se trouvent ci dessous aussi en français.)

Decision G 139/2019: Prohibition of any form of assisted suicide violates right to self-determination (PDF, 0.8 MB) Décision G 139/2019: L’interdiction, sans aucune exception, du suicide assisté viole le droit à l’autodétermination (PDF, 0.9 MB) Decision G 4/2020: To ban the veiling of the head in elementary schools violates the principle of equality in connection with the right to religious freedom (PDF, 0.8 MB) Décision G 4/2020: L'interdiction du voilage de la tête dans les écoles élémentaires viole le principe de l'égalité pris en combinaison avec le droit à la liberté religieuse (PDF, 0.8 MB)