“Euthanasia is the intentional killing, by act or omission, of a dependent human being for its supposed benefit” (“What is euthanasia” 2). It is accompanied by cases where patients suffering from incurable illnesses and waiting for death to get rid of their torments and sorrows ask their doctors to end their lives. There also where relatives ask the doctor to carry out this mission in order to relieve their patient's pain, particularly in cases of lasting coma and terminal illness: these cases raise the question of euthanasia, which has become one of the subjects controversial in the world. world. Euthanasia is illegal in the majority of countries around the world, but "it has been accepted in the Netherlands for over 20 years and a law was passed in 2000 to regulate this and Belgium passed a similar law in 2001 and in the Also in the United States, one state, Oregon, has had a law on physician-assisted suicide since 1998” (Henness 3). Furthermore, it is absolutely necessary to ban euthanasia, as it violates human rights, contradicts religions and destroys the patient-doctor relationship. Firstly, regarding human rights, one may think that euthanasia or euthanasia is compatible with human rights due to the term "mercy". However, all conventions and treaties relating to Human rights have come to guarantee human dignity which does not exist without the presence of an international community that protects the right to life. Thus, mercy killing violates the concepts of human rights. elsewhere, the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights excludes discrimination against the elderly and the very young, the physically and mentally handicapped and Moustafa 2, the chronically ill, ...... middle of paper ...... t. of “Assisted suicide sounds the death knell for Doctor Ethics.” Opposing Viewpoints in Context. not kill." Commonwealth. New York. May 2, 2014. Katme, Majid. "The sanctity of human life is a fundamental concept in Islam." np, nd Web. May 2, 2014.< https://www.spuc.org.uk/about/muslim-division/euthanasia >