Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG)
| Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG) | |
|---|---|
| Hearing: May 20, 1993 Judgment: September 30, 1993 | |
| Full case name | Sue Rodriguez v The Attorney General of Canada and the Attorney General of British Columbia |
| Citations | [1993] 3 SCR 519, 107 DLR (4th) 342, 1993 CanLII 75 |
| Docket No. | 23476 |
| Prior history | On appeal from the Court of Appeal for British Columbia |
| Ruling | Appeal dismissed |
| Holding | |
| Criminal prohibition of assisted suicide does not violate the Charter. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Sopinka J, joined by La Forest, Gonthier, Iacobucci and Major JJ |
| Dissent | McLachlin J, joined by L'Heureux-Dubé J |
| Dissent | Lamer CJ |
| Dissent | Cory J |
| Laws applied | |
| Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 7 Criminal Code, s 241(b) | |
Overruled by | |
| Carter v Canada (AG), 2015 SCC 5 | |
Rodriguez v British Columbia (AG), [1993] 3 SCR 519 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the prohibition of assisted suicide was challenged as contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") by a terminally ill woman, Sue Rodriguez. In a 5–4 decision, the Court upheld the provision in the Criminal Code.