in pre-trial detention
Switzerland’s New
Human Rights Organisation
The Last Resort is Switzerland’s newest human rights/assisted suicide organisation. The organisation is the Swiss home of the 3D-printed Sarco Capsule, On 23 September 2024, the Sarco was used for the first time at TLR in Switzerland. On the same day, the Swiss authorities detained TLR Director Dr Florian Willet. Florian was the only person present on the day. He has been in a Swiss prison ever since, with no trial date in sight! Read More.
The Last Resort is funded via Memberships, Donations & Bequests. If you would like to support Florian Willet, the Sarco and our long-term goals of de-medicalizing and democratizing assisted death in Switzerland, please join and/or make 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
Reported “suicide capsule” death of U.S. woman in Switzerland prompts multiple arrests, launch of criminal case
Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a “suicide capsule.”
First woman dies in ‘suicide capsule’ in Switzerland
In Switzerland on Monday, a 64-year-old woman died in a specially designed ‘suicide capsule’ containing nitrogen gas. It is the first time ever that this suicide capsule, called the Sarco, was used. The capsule, an airtight cabin the size of a coffin, offers, according to its creators, a ‘quick, peaceful and reliable death’ without the assistance of a doctor or medication.
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