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
Switzerland’s cow parade (désalpe/alpabzug) 2024 and its history
What exactly is the alpine descent or désalpe / alpabzug? This article explores the event’s history and where to see it.
Revealed: First images of DOUBLE suicide pod which will be used to euthanise British couple – as Swiss company behind it reveals a quarter of those on their waiting list are Brits
First images of DOUBLE suicide pod which will be used to euthanise British couple – as Swiss company behind it reveals a quarter of those on their waiting list are Brits
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.