About Us
The Last Resort was founded by a small international collective of human rights advocates (with law, science, medicine and healthcare backgrounds) who want to diversify (and democratize) the assisted dying process.
Dr Florian Willet (currently detained in a Swiss prison following the first use of Sarco on 23 September ’24) is the Director of The Last Resort.
Reasons for seeking an accompanied suicide at The Last Resort might include:
- Advanced old age such as that experienced by the 104-year old British/Australian Professor David Goodall
- Poly-pathologies of old age as experienced by South African, Laura Henkel
- Illness – serious, chronic or terminal, to anyone who is face to face with the dying process, be that slow or fast
- Early dementia – as long as mental capacity is retained
The Last Resort does not assist young people to die, unless they have a serious physical illness (ie. not psychiatric).
Remember
The key criteria for lawful assisted dying in Switzerland are:
- Mental Capacity
- ‘Tatherrschaft’ – the requirement that the action that brings about death, is performed by the person whose death it will be
- Those assisting are altruistic in their motives
FAQS
To learn more about The Last Resort organisation & the Sarco, please check our FAQs.
