The individual’s right to one’s own body in relationships of proximity - Dogmas, discourses, interpretations

本研究项目将考察在私法管辖的亲密关系中保障身体完整权和身体自主权的法律框架。该项目基于这样一个概念，即与国家与个人或非近邻第三方之间的关系相比，在这种关系中，个人的身体完整和自主权的发展处于不同的阶段。婚姻中的性侵犯或亲子关系中完整性的破坏是引发广泛讨论的主题。最近还提出了一些问题，涉及运动损伤的评估、是否允许被监护者接受强制治疗、父母是否有权决定进行确认性别手术或堕胎。该项目旨在让人们看到那些塑造并继续塑造在邻近关系中身体完整和自主权的独特立场的特征。自20世纪初以来的核心法律辩论将被重建并仔细研究其相似性和模式。本研究将以对解释和合法化亲密关系中的私人物理权力的教条和论点的特别兴趣为指导。将进一步侧重于帮助在亲密关系中享有身体完整权和自主权的情况和原因。

This research project will examine the legal framework that guarantees the right to bodily integrity and bodily autonomy in relationships of proximity that are governed by private law. The project is based on the conceptual notion that an individual’s right to bodily integrity and autonomy in such relationships has developed in different stages than in the relationships between the state and the individual or between non-proximate third parties. Sexual assault in marriage or the violation of integrity in the parent-child relationship are subjects that have sparked extensive discussions. More recently, questions have also been raised concerning the assessment of sport injuries, the permissibility of subjecting persons under guardianship to compulsory treatment, or parents’ authority to decide on the performance of gender-affirming operations or abortions.The project aims to make visible the features which shaped and continue to shape the distinct stance on the right to bodily integrity and autonomy in relationships of proximity. The central legal debates since the early 20th century will be reconstructed and scrutinised for similarities and patterns. This examination will be guided by a particular interest in the dogmas and arguments invoked in explaining and legitimising private physical power in relationships of proximity. Additional focus will be placed on the circumstances and reasons that helped the right to bodily integrity and autonomy in relationships of proximity to prevail.