A note from Dignitas – To live with dignity – To die with dignity The hype surrounding Philip Nitschke’s “Sarco”
1. Jul 2024
In the last few weeks one topic caught the attention of the media, just as it did in December 2021: Philip Nitschke, respectively the organisation “Exit International” and their branch “The Last Resort”, announcing that soon the first person would self-determinedly die in his suicide-automat “Sarco” in Switzerland. The following is overlooked in this context: if the human right to self-determination over the end of one’s own life would really be respected, Nitschke’s “Sarco” would have little relevance. (pdf)