Iceland
Legal situation
In short
In Iceland, euthanasia and assisted suicide are prohibited. People with a terminal illness are allowed to refuse treatment.
Penal Code
Article 213 prohibits euthanasia, article 214 prohibits assisted suicide.
Patients’ Rights Act
People with a terminal illness are allowed to refuse treatment, based on article 24 of the Patients’ Rights Act.
Right to Die Societies in Iceland
Latest news
Majority of Icelandic people in favor of assisted dying
Recent surveys among the Icelandic public and health professionals show that there is a great support for introducing assisted dying laws. The main reason for
November 5, 2022
Icelandic seminar on MAID
On 14 October, the Icelandic Right to Die Society held a seminar in Iceland on MAID. Topics discussed were MAID and ethics, MAID and the
October 16, 2022
Annual meeting of the Nordic Right to Die Societies
The Nordic Right to Die Societies had their annual meeting on 15 October in Reykjavik, Iceland. The first Nordic meeting took place in Stockholm, Sweden,
October 15, 2022
Nordic countries present their ‘Declaration of Medically assisted Dying’
On the 27th of January 2021, the five Nordic countries (Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Denmark) that already gathered together in 2020, published their Nordic
January 27, 2021
Begin november 5 Nordic countries meet again on assistance in dying
After the first fruitful meeting in 2019 of 5 Nordic Right to Die Societies (from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden), the planned 2020 meeting
September 3, 2020