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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024: ECHR memorandum

Memorandum on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) relating to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Justice
• Published: 2 May 2025
• Last updated: 26 June 2025
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  1. 26 June 2025

     Updated to reflect the bill as introduced to the House of Lords.

  2. 2 May 2025

     First published.

This was published under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024: ECHR memorandum - HTML version (as introduced to the Lords)

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Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024: ECHR memorandum - HTML version (as amended in public bill committee)

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Details

The memorandum (as introduced to the House of Lords) considers issues arising under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in relation to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024, as amended in the House of Commons.

The previous ECHR memorandum considered issues arising under the ECHR in relation to the bill as amended after the Commons public bill committee stage.

See the Parliament website for all other documents relating to the bill, including the PDF version of the ECHR memorandum.