Resumen

REYNA ALFARO, Luis Miguel. Homicide at the request of the victim, abetted and assisted suicide in criminal law: a constitutional reading of articles 112 and 113 of the peruvian Criminal Code. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2009, vol.42, n.124, pp.235-251. ISSN 2448-4873.

The peruvian penal code, following the majority trend of the Latin american criminal statutes, penalize the euthanasia and the cooperation to suicide. This article wants to analize the content of the article 112 and 113 of the Peruvian Penal Code that criminalize the euthanasia and the cooperation to suicide, respectively, departing from the contours of protection of life by criminal law. In this intention, this article analyzes if life is a juridical good of free disposition.

Palabras llave : Euthanasia; suicide; cooperation; homicide; Criminal Law; juridical good; life; criminal policy; dignity.