A group called Cooperative Last Will asked the court to declare that the Dutch state is “acting unlawfully by denying its citizens the right to die with dignity under their own control.”
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Activists calling for the decriminalization of assisted suicide in the Netherlands took the Dutch government to court Monday, arguing that its ban on helping a person end their life breaches human rights.
“The Netherlands has been a trailblazer when it comes to abortion, when it comes to same-sex marriage and when it comes to euthanasia legislation. And now we are once again a trailblazer with regard to your own control over the end of life,” he said. The Dutch government argues that many people who want to end their lives can make use of the existing euthanasia law.
Prosecutors last year charged Van Wijk with "participation in a criminal organization whose object is to commit and/or plan the crime of assisted suicide.”
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