nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/0b42801a985ba326 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250331s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/0b42801a985ba326 doi eng 342 23 Bresciani, Pier Francesco Author aut Assisted Suicide the Italian Way - From Judicial to Regional Activism Bresciani, Pier Francesco Verfassungsblog 2025-03-31 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier More than 5 years ago, the Italian Constitutional Court ruled that assisted suicide must be permitted under specific conditions. Yet, Parliament’s inability to legislate has left this right in legal limbo. Now, recent regional actions could break the deadlock. The Italian region of Tuscany is setting an example for other sub-national legislatures to pass laws on the matter. This blog post argues that constitutional courts, and the ItCC in particular, should not stifle this kind of activism – especially when it steps in to uphold judicial mandates that the national legislature refuses to enforce. CC BY-SA 4.0 Italy Judicial Activism Sterbehilfe right to assisted suicide (DE-588)4077877-0 gnd Sterbehilfe Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/assisted-suicide-italy/ raw object