Colombian Court decision released and explained
Five months after the Constitutional Court approved medically assisted suicide in Colombia, the full text of Ruling C-164 of 2022 (see also below) is released.
October 13, 2022
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ECHR gives judgment in Mortier v Belgium
Below first the press release in English and then the judgment in French. Read more Belgium rebuked over euthanasia management by European Court of Human
October 4, 2022
Vermont: Is the residence criterium illegal?
On Thursday August 25, two women have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s nearly decade-old death with dignity law. Backed by a national advocacy
September 1, 2022
Spanish prisoner euthanasied before legal trial
On August 23, the prisoner who asked for euthanasia because of severe injuries, died in prison as result of euthanasia, before his legal trial ended.
August 30, 2022
Delhi High Court withdrew plea to stop man from euthanasia trip
On Thursday August 19, a 49-year-old woman from Bengaluru who last week approached the Delhi High Court to stop her friend from travelling to Europe allegedly to
August 19, 2022
German Court redraws the line between killing on request and assisted suicide
The BGH has acquitted a wife who injected her husband with a lethal dose of insulin at his request from the charge of killing on
August 13, 2022
After a long legal battle, Peru confirms woman’s right to euthanasia
In July, The Peruvian Supreme Court confirmed a prior ruling that allows a 44-year-old woman to end her life. After a five-year legal battle and
August 1, 2022
Spanish prisoner asking for euthanasia subject of legal trial
On July 8, a Spanish judge has given the green light to a gunman severely injured in his arrest to go ahead with his euthanasia request prior
July 21, 2022