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What suicide prevention policy should be adopted in a country that allows euthanasia for depression?
The recent death by euthanasia of Siska, a 26-year-old woman suffering from depression, has reignited the debate on mental health care in Belgium, but also on the consistency between access to euthanasia for mental disorders and suicide prevention.
Siska De Ruysscher died by euthanasia on 2 November, on the grounds of...
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Slovenia backtracks on assisted suicide: what arguments won the day in the referendum?
On 23 November, the Slovenian people voted to repeal the law legalising assisted suicide, which had been passed by Parliament a few months earlier.
Passed on 18 July 2025 by the majority of MPs, this law opened the way...
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“Death with dignity” bill in Uruguay: euthanasia could be ob-tained in just a few days
Uruguay would become the first country in Latin America to legally decriminalize euthanasia if the bill approved by the House of Representatives on August 13, 2025, is passed by the Senate.
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Euthanasia and assisted suicide: what does really distinguish these two practices of planned death?
Several European countries (particularly France and the United Kingdom) are currently considering the legalization of certain forms of “assisted death.” Slovenia has just authorized assisted suicide, while excluding the...
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Euthanasia - Do the UN's criticisms of the French bill also apply to Belgium?
On 10 September, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) presented its conclusions on the French bill on the ‘right to assistance in dying’.
This procedure – particularly rare for the CRPD – began on 23 June 2025, when the UN committee expressed its concern that this...
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Legalization of assisted suicide in Slovenia
[UPDATE: Following the referendum in November 2025, the entry into force of this law was canceled]
On July 18, 2025, Slovenia joined the small number of countries that allow assisted suicide.
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Euthanasia and disability: what does the UN criticize about the French bill?
Although the National Assembly adopted the bill on “the right to die with assistance” at first reading on May 27, 2025, debates on this bill to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide seemed to be on hold pending the...
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France - What's in the plan to legalise assisted suicide?
Since this week, the French National Assembly has been examining in public session two bills relating to the end of life. The first concerns ‘palliative and supportive care’, while the second deals with ‘aid in dying’....