In 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional and void a 2015 criminal law penalising suicide assistance in a recurring fashion and called into existence a right to a self-determined death, including the use of suicide services, where available. Due to subsequent legislative inaction, no holistic assisted dying legislation offering protection for vulnerable individuals is currently in place in Germany. Calls have been made for law reform in this area. This article contemplates the possible scope of a future assisted dying framework in Germany. It does so by focusing on the method of administration and analyses whether such a framework should be limited to allowing eligible persons to self-administer relevant lethal medications, which have been prescribed to them by a medical practitioner or whether, and to what extent, practitioners should be able to administer relevant lethal substances to patients. This is comparatively analysed while also keeping in mind any stipulations made by the German Constitutional Court in its 2020 judgment on the requirements of future assisted dying legislation. The article concludes that an assisted dying framework allowing a free choice between self and practitioner administration in Germany best complies with the guidance provided by the Constitutional Court.

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自我管理还是从业者管理？未来德国辅助死亡立法的范围。

2020 年，德国联邦宪法法院宣布 2015 年刑法违宪并作废，该刑法以反复出现的方式对自杀协助进行处罚，并提出了自我决定死亡的权利，包括使用自杀服务（如有）。由于随后的立法不作为，德国目前没有为弱势群体提供保护的整体辅助死亡立法。人们呼吁在这一领域进行法律改革。本文考虑了德国未来辅助死亡框架的可能范围。它通过关注给药方法来做到这一点，并分析这种框架是否应仅限于允许符合条件的人自行服用由医生开给他们的相关致命药物，或者是否以及在何种程度上，从业人员应该能够对患者使用相关的致命物质。对此进行了比较分析，同时还牢记德国宪法法院在其 2020 年判决中对未来辅助死亡立法要求所做的任何规定。文章得出结论，在德国，允许在自我管理和从业者管理之间自由选择的辅助死亡框架最符合宪法法院提供的指导。