The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Belgium failed to conduct a proper investigation into the circumstances of the 2012 euthanasia of Godelieva de Troyer on the grounds of “untreatable depression”. The court found there was a violation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights that everyone’s right to Read more
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Belgium violated right to life in euthanasia case, European Court of Human Rights rules
Thursday, October 6th, 2022Euthanasia in Belgium
Friday, September 25th, 2015
On January 17, 2015, PBS aired a chilling documentary about the physician-assisted suicide of a healthy, thirty-four-year-old Belgian woman suffering from depression. The film opens with shots of Eva, in sweat pants and a T-shirt, petting her affectionate Labrador as she greets the youthful Dr. Van Hoey at her home. “Let’s get on with this,” Read more