Editing Right to die (section)

=== Colombia ===
{{Main|Legality of euthanasia#Colombia}}
On 20 May 1997, the [[Constitutional Court of Colombia]] decriminalised piety homicide, for terminally ill patients, stating that "the medical author cannot be held responsible for the assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient" and urged [[Congress of Colombia|Congress]] to regulate [[voluntary euthanasia|euthanasia]] "in the shortest time possible".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dmd.org.co/pdf/sentencia-c-239.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124160354/http://www.dmd.org.co/pdf/sentencia-c-239.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2016|title=REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA Corte Constitucional Sentencia No. C-239/97|author=Constitutional Court of Colombia|date=20 May 1997|access-date=24 November 2016|author-link=Constitutional Court of Colombia}} (in Spanish)</ref>

On 15 December 2014, the Constitutional Court had given the [[Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Colombia)|Ministry of Health and Social Protection]] 30 days to publish guidelines for the healthcare sector to use in order to guarantee terminally ill patients, with the wish to undergo euthanasia, their right to a dignified death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elespectador.com/vivir/los-principios-regular-eutanasia-articulo-544675|title=Los principios para regular la eutanasia|publisher=ElEspectador.com|date=19 February 2015|author=Redacción Salud|language=es}}</ref>