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Canada: UN recommends banning euthanasia for people whose death is not ‘reasonably foreseeable’
On 18 March 2025, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) adopted its concluding observations. These observations are part of the review of the periodic reports submitted by Canada under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Among the main concerns raised by the CRPD are ‘persistent discriminatory...
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+16,6% : why does the number of euthanasia cases continue to increase in Belgium?
In 2024, 3,991 euthanasia cases were recorded in Belgium by the Commission responsible for reviewing them, marking a clear increase (+16.6%) compared to 2023.
Euthanasia is thus becoming an increasingly frequent way of...
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Proposed extension of Belgian euthanasia law: critical feedback from the Netherlands
Hearings are continuing in the Federal Parliament on the proposed law to extend euthanasia to people who have become incapable of expressing their wishes, on the basis of an advance declaration.
On Wednesday 22...
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Euthanasia in Ontario: over 400 breaches of the euthanasia law result in only reminders of the law
Between 2018 and 2023, more than 400 criminal offences involving euthanasia were recorded in Ontario. In 2024, doctors revealed this figure to the press, highlighting the facts contained in various reports from the...
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Organ donation after euthanasia: Altruism to mask utilitarianism?
The 10th ‘Sympadot’ symposium, organised on 21 November by the Transplantation Department of Brussels University Hospital (Erasme), focused on organ donation and transplantation. Among the topics discussed was the deliberately provocative question: ‘Euthanasia, a pathway to the futur? According to the speakers, the aim is to promote an ‘end-of-life project’...
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Australia: Study highlights impact of euthanasia on palliative care
A study published in the journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care in May 2024 looked at the impact of euthanasia on palliative care in Victoria, where the practice has been decriminalised in 2017. The study was...
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The ECHR reiterates that no country is obliged to legalize euthanasia or assisted suicide
In its decision of 13 June 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the Hungarian government's ban on euthanasia and assisted suicide did not breach the European Convention on Human Rights. Mr Karsai,...
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Criminalisation of incitement to suicide: the Belgian legislator excludes assisted suicide and euthanasia
On the 22 February, the Belgian legislator adopted the new Book II of the Penal Code, which enshrines the new offence of incitement to suicide. Its aim is to protect people's lives, but it excludes assisted suicide and...