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End of life (Belgium) > Euthanasia and assisted suicide
Euthanasia in Belgium: 15% increase in 2023 - Towards a normalisation of programmed death
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : End of life / Euthanasia and assisted suicide News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
The figures for 2023 also confirm the increase in euthanasia for polypathologies (+3% compared with 2022), the second most common type of illness mentioned, after cancer. Euthanasia for multiple diseases thus accounts for 23.2% of all euthanasia, almost half of which (47%) were carried out when death was not expected in the short term. As the Commission points out, polypathologies refer to "a combination of suffering caused by several chronic conditions that are progressing towards a final...
Analysis: the Mortier case: the ECtHR assessing the Belgian euthanasia law for the first time
Author / Source : L. Vanbellingen Published on : Thematic : End of life / Euthanasia and assisted suicide News Temps de lecture : 5 min.
This case of Mortier v. Belgium, named after the applicant, the son of the euthanized person, was the first case in which the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was called upon to assess the compatibility of euthanasiaalready practiced with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Tom Mortier alleged a violation of his mother's right to life, protected by Article 2 of the Convention, and of his right to respect for his private and family life, protected by Article 8 of the...
BREAKING NEWS - The Belgian Constitutional Court rejects the appeal relating to the 2020 law on euthanasia
Author / Source : European Institute of Bioethics Published on : Thematic : End of life / Euthanasia and assisted suicide News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
As a reminder, the law passed in 2020 first provides that 'no written or unwritten clause can prevent a doctor from performing euthanasia'. This provision aims to de facto prohibit retirement homes or hospitals whose care project excludes the fact of ending the life of their residents or patients by euthanasia, and which favor accompaniment through palliative care. The applicant citizens, as well as the European Institute of Bioethics, the intervener in the action, considered that such a...
Belgium: Euthanasia of New-borns Practiced Outside the Law
Author / Source : European Institute of Bioethics Published on : Thematic : End of life / Euthanasia and assisted suicide News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
In terms of the physician's intentions, the study distinguishes three situations. In the first scenario, the physician does not intend to cause or hasten the baby's death, but considers the potential effect of hastening death (e.g., decision not to administer antibiotics, administration of morphine or sedatives). The second scenario consists in the situation where the potential effect of hastening death is not the primary goal but is partly aimed at by the physician. The third scenario is that...
Euthanasia in Belgium: Analysis of the 2020 Commission Report
Author / Source : C. du Bus Published on : Thematic : End of life / Euthanasia and assisted suicide News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
The 2020 Belgium euthanasia data states that 57 people died by euthanasia based on psychiatric disorders and 48 people died by euthanasia based on cognitive disorders (dementia syndromes). Of the 57 deaths based on psychiatric disorders, 17 people had mood disorders (depression, bipolar, ...); 26 people had personality and behavioural disorders (compared to 13 for the previous period); 4 people had neurotic disorders, disorders linked to stressors and 6 somatoform disorders; 7 people had...