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
Sarco heats things up and has Switzerland once again debating
Sarco heats things up. And has Switzerland once again debating how far euthanasia should go. Two opposing opinions reports Blick.
Dispute over suicide capsule: Inventors reveal their motives
Originally published in German by Berliner Morgenpost by Miriam Eichhorn
Sarco suicide capsule does not fulfil definition of a therapeutic product
The Agency for Therapeutic Products does not categorise the capsule as a therapeutic product.