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
Swiss authorities release right-to-die activist after ruling out homicide in ‘suicide capsule’ case
Swiss prosecutors said a right-to-die activist was released Monday after more than two months in police custody over the reported first use of a so-called “suicide capsule,” after they ruled out the possibility of an intentional homicide.
‘It seems as if Switzerland has suddenly become afraid of its global pioneering role,’ says Sarco inventor Nitschke
Suicide capsule inventor Philip Nitschke talks about the Sarco premiere for the first time. He considers the criminal proceedings for intentional homicide to be absurd. In this interview, Nitschke tells us what he is planning next.
Sarco Director Still in Custody
The Sarco director is still in custody - now his lawyer is attacking the Schaffhausen authorities The German Florian Willet is being investigated for intentional homicide in connection with the first death in the suicide capsule. Now his defense lawyer is speaking for...