On October 10, Martha Sepúlveda, suffering from ALS, was scheduled to be the first person in Colombia to die by legally authorized euthanasia, without having
On Sunday October 10, Martha Sepúlveda, suffering from ALS, will become the first person in Colombia who will die by legally authorized euthanasia, without having
On Thursday the 22th of July, Colombian judges decided that Colombians who ask for euthanasia are no longer required to be a victim of a
Read the July newsletters (in Spanish) here: July 14: Muerte digna en la agenda pública | #TomaElControl (desclab.com) July 20: Manos a la obra: firma
On Friday June 25, Yolanda Chaparro, diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, died at the age of 71. After more than a year of fighting the
DescLAB (Laboratory on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) is a Colombian platform that creates strategies for putting human rights in motion. Since 2017, they develop #TomaElControl
The Colombian legislature has once again failed to pass a law legalising euthanasia. The bill which was proposed in September 2020 needed to reach 85 votes in
WFRtDS and DMD-Spain would like to invite you to the Spanish webinar “The legislative situation regarding euthanasia in Colombia, Spain and Portugal” Date: Thursday, March 11thTime:
Although euthanasia is for many years allowed and regulated in Colombia, it never came to a law. Till now: a new bill is introduced and discussed in Parliament.
End September the first debate on this new bill to regulate euthanasia has taken place.
DMD Colombia publishes its May 2020 (nr 71) bulletin. It can be read here (Spanish only)
