Switzerland’s New
Human Rights Organisation
The Last Resort is Switzerland’s newest human rights/assisted suicide organisation. It is the only organisation to offer a free assisted suicide service.
On 23 September 2024, The Last Resort hosted the first use of the Sarco at a forest retreat in the canton of Schaffhausen.
The Sarco was used by a seriously ill woman from the American mid west. The woman lost consciousness within 2 minutes and died 7 minutes later.
The Schaffhausen prosecutor would go on to arrest and detain the TLR President Florian Willet for 70 days. The organisation’s lawyers were also detained! All were eventually released.
The Last Resort is currently expanding its operations beyond the Sarco. First task among many is the creation of a new committee of management. If you are a Swiss national/permanent resident & are interested in getting involved, please email the orgnaisation.
TLR is funded via Memberships, Donations & Bequests.
Please consider becoming a Member and/or making a Donation.
About the Sarco
History
The Sarco Project began in 2012 when Philip Nitschke was asked to design a machine that could help a man with ‘locked-in’ syndrome control his own death.
Operation
The 3D-printed Sarco capsule works by rapidly replacing the air (& oxygen) within the capsule with pure nitrogen. In this low-oxygen, low carbon dioxide environment, the user dies quickly & peacefully.
Terms of Use
The Sarco is available to use for free to approved users*. An ‘approved user’ is a person who satisfies the criteria for an assisted suicide under Swiss law.
News
Former RAF engineer, 86, and his nurse wife, 80, sign up to die in each other’s arms as first British couple to use double suicide pod in Switzerland after her dementia diagnosis
British couple want to travel to Switzerland to die in each other’s arms in the death capsule – known as the Sarco – to mark the end of their long and happy marriage.
History of First Sarco Candidate Raises Questions
The 55-year-old American woman, who was the first to die in the suicide capsule, made serious accusations, now documents show that she made the opposite statements shortly beforehand.
Suicide Capsule Controversy – Now the Sarco Leaders are Talking
The media around the world have been reporting on the Sarco death capsule for weeks.