End of Life End of Life
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Analysis: the Mortier case: the ECtHR assessing the Belgian euthanasia law for the first time
In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, 22/10/2022, the European Court of Human Rights considers that Belgium violated the right to life of a patient euthanized because of depression in 2012.
Paper Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia, 20 years later
On 28 May 2002, Belgium became the second country to decriminalise euthanasia, i.e. the act of "intentionally ending a person's life at the latter's request" because of his state of health.
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
BREAKING NEWS - The Belgian Constitutional Court rejects the appeal relating to the 2020 law on euthanasia
In a judgment published on Thursday February 17, 2022, the Constitutional Court of Belgium rejects the action for annulment of the law of 15 March 2020 amending the legislation on euthanasia.
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Belgium: Euthanasia of New-borns Practiced Outside the Law
A recent study has brought to light the practice of deliberate euthanasia to new-borns for whom the medical team considered that there was "no hope of a bearable future". These practices concerned 10% of the...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
The new Spanish law on euthanasia contested against the Constitutional Court a few days before its entry into force
Friday June 25 is the stipulated date for the Spanish new law on euthanasia entry into force, exactly three months after its approval and publication in the Spanish Official Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado). With this law (Ley Orgánica 3/2021), Spain becomes the eighth country in the world legalizing both physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia, following...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Position of the WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA) on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide – Chronological overview (1987-2019)
In October 2019, the World Medical Association1 (WMA) adopted a declaration on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. This new declaration is an opportunity to analyze the documents successively adopted by the WMA...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Death by Request in Switzerland: Post-traumatic stress disorder and complicated grief after witnessing assisted suicide
A study conducted in Switzerland in December 2007 among 85 family members and friends who were present at an assisted suicide showed higher prevalence of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and complicated grief after...
Paper Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Report 2016 euthanasia in Netherlands
Netherlands 2016 euthanasia deaths increase by another 10%
In the spotlight
All the news
Bereavement leave in the event of euthanasia: will it be possible to change one’s mind?
Belgium – Proposed liberalisation of abortion laws: 12, 14 or 18 weeks – a scientific question or an ethical choice?
Belgium: care for people with disabilities under scrutiny from the UN
Alberta (Canada): a setback for the expansion of euthanasia?
Surrogacy: between freedom-restricting contracts and eugenic abortions
Euthanasia in cases of advanced dementia: a further extension of Belgian law?
Our Themes
Beginning of Life
End of Life
Rights and Freedoms
Stay informed
Subscribe to our free newsletter!
Support the IEB
To carry out its activities, the IEB relies solely on the enthusiasm and motivation of private donors.
Any donation of €40 or more to the IEB is tax-deductible in Belgium, allowing you to reclaim 30% of your donation.