Gk – a good death. Easy death, mercy killing of terminally ill person, or a person who does not wish to continue living. Euthanasia may be ‘active’ (actively assisting a person to die, or causing death), or ‘passive’ (not acting to prolong life). It may also be ‘involuntary’ (a killing of a person in order to relieve pain and suffering), or ‘voluntary’ (the killing of a person with their consent). All killing in Hong Kong must be unlawful and not justifiable or excusable for all practical purpose unless the person kills by misfortune, or in self-defence or lawfully in any manner under the Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap 212) s 8. Moreover, under common law, the motive for a killing is not relevant to its lawfulness, euthanasia is therefore not lawful: Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789, 1 All ER 821 (CA), 2 WLR 316 (HL). The mere fact that a person consents to their own death is no defence to a charge of murder, so it remains an offence to aid, abet, counsel or procure the suicide of another: Offences Against the Person Ordinance (Cap 212). Also known as ‘mercy killing’. See also International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966; Law of nature; Manslaughter; Right to life; Suicide.
希臘語 ─ 任何安然的死亡。為患上不治之症的人或不欲繼續生存的人所作出的安逸死亡或無痛苦致死。安樂死可以是「主動的」（主動地協助某人死亡，或引致死亡），或「被動的」（不作出延續生命的作為）。安樂死亦可以是「非自願的」（殺害某人以解除其痛楚或痛苦），或「自願的」（經某人的同意而作出殺害的作為）。在香港，所有殺人的行為均屬違法，並且按所有實際目的都無法有理由支持或可予寬宥的，除非因不幸情況或出於自衛而殺人，或在《侵害人身罪條例》（第212章）第8條所列明的任何其他情況下合法殺人，則屬例外。此外，根據普通法，殺人的動機與其合法性無關，因此，安樂死是不合法的：Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] AC 789, 1 All ER 821（芵國上訴法院），2 WLR 316 （上議院）。純粹是經某人同意其死亡的事實不得成為謀殺控訴的抗辯理由，因此，任何人如協助、教唆、慫使或促致他人自殺，仍屬犯法：《侵害人身罪條例》（第212章）。另見 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966; Law of nature; Manslaughter; Right to life; Suicide。n.

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