Ethics Reports and Laws
Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly:
report on euthanasia (the so-called "Marty report").
(Note: The Parliamentary Assembly is one of the Council of Europe's two main statutory organs and represents the main political tendencies in its member states.)
Council of Europe:
replies to the questionnaire for member States relating to euthanasia.
Law regulating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, the Netherlands:
Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act 2002. (This PDF originates from the website of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which can be viewed here).
Law regulating physician-assisted suicide, Oregon, USA:
The Oregon Death with Dignity Act 1997.
World’s first law regulating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, Northern Territory, Australia [Notice: law was repealed in 1997]:
Rights of the Terminally Ill Amendment Act 1996
Text of the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL], as introduced in the House of Lords on 8th January 2004
House of Lords. Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill Committee. Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill - First Report (April 2005)
Text of the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill [HL], as ordered to be printed in the House of Lords on 9th November 2005
Read the entire transcript of the Lord Joffe House of Lord’s second reading debate, held Friday 19 May 2006, on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill PDF abstract
Palliative Care Bill (HL Bill 4), tabled in the UK Parliament by Baroness Finlay of Llandaff on 16 November 2006. (This PDF originates from the website of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dying Well, which can be viewed here).
Read about UK developments in the BMJ: