right to die

human right according to which every person should have free ability to end one's existence and become dead by oneself or with other's help
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right to die

Summary

right to die is a rights[1]. It draws 5,262 Wikipedia views per month (rights category, ranking #1,425 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • right to die's instance of is recorded as rights[3].
  • right to die's main regulatory text is recorded as Universal Declaration of Human Rights[4].
  • right to die is a type of social movement[5].
  • right to die is a type of political movement[6].
  • right to die is a type of reply[7].
  • right to die is part of human rights[8].
  • right to die is part of patients' rights[9].
  • right to die's foundational text is recorded as Genesis 2:17[10].
  • right to die is the opposite of prohibition of death[11].
  • right to die's facet of is recorded as availability of the human body[12].
  • right to die's facet of is recorded as decision making[13].
  • right to die's facet of is recorded as philosophy of suicide[14].
  • right to die's connects with is recorded as euthanasia[15].
  • right to die's connects with is recorded as assisted suicide[16].
  • right to die's connects with is recorded as dignified death[17].
  • right to die's connects with is recorded as refusal of medical assistance[18].
  • right to die's connects with is recorded as life support system[19].
  • right to die's in opposition to is recorded as consistent life ethic[20].
  • right to die's in opposition to is recorded as right to life[21].
  • right to die's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[22].
  • right to die's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Death[23].

Body

Definition and Type

right to die's instance of is recorded as rights[3]. Recorded subclass of include social movement[5], political movement[6], and reply[7]. It is the opposite of prohibition of death[11].

Use and Application

Part of include human rights[8], a convention[24] and patients' rights[9].

Why It Matters

right to die draws 5,262 Wikipedia views per month (rights category, ranking #1,425 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main regulatory text → Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 11931907m
    Opposite of → prohibition of death
    Foundational text → Genesis 2:17
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P268]]: 11931907m"
  2. 15w ago · ~2026-34922-78 · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    In opposition to → consistent life ethic, right to life
    Facet of → availability of the human body, decision making, philosophy of suicide
    Image → David - The Death of Socrates.jpg, Sanctioned Suicide Home Page Screenshot.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5004]]: [[Q5163227]]"
  3. 16w ago · ~2026-16412-18 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → availability of the human body, decision making, philosophy of suicide
    Connects with → euthanasia, assisted suicide, dignified death +2
    Part of → human rights, patients' rights
    Instance of → rights
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1269]]: [[Q1331926]]"
  4. 16w ago · ~2026-16412-18 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → human right according to which every person should have free ability to end one'
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ru */"
  5. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Connects with → euthanasia, assisted suicide, dignified death +2
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → social movement, political movement, reply
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights, WikiProject Death
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538872005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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