A European petition · 2026

My Last Right

Voluntary assisted dying as a fundamental human right in Europe

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The petition

No one should be forced to suffer against their will. Across Europe, the State still imposes how our lives end. It’s time to change that.

Today only a handful of EU countries let their citizens choose an assisted death. Cross a border and you can lose that right overnight. A fundamental freedom shouldn’t depend on your postcode.

We believe the choice of a peaceful end — with strong safeguards, never coercion — belongs to each of us. Not to the state, not to chance. To you.

Why it matters

A dignified death shouldn’t depend on where you live.

A right that stops at the border

Only a handful of EU countries allow an assisted death. Cross a frontier and the right can vanish overnight.

Your life, your choice

Facing the end on your own terms — with strong safeguards, never coercion — should belong to you.

No one forced to suffer

Where the law forbids it, people are left to endure — or to die alone, far from home.

By the numbers

20
organisations behind the petition
16
countries united
4
measures we ask of the EU
1
fundamental right

What we ask of the EU

Four measures to make a dignified death a right across the Union — not a lottery of geography.

  1. 01

    Write it into the Charter

    Include the right to voluntary assisted dying in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

    Recognition
  2. 02

    A law that protects the choice

    EU legislation to enforce “the individual’s right to decide by what means and at what point their life will end, provided this person is capable of freely reaching a decision on this question and acting in consequence” — which the European Court of Human Rights considers one of the aspects of the right to respect for private life. Proper professional assistance for end-of-life decisions must be provided across the EU.

    Legislation
  3. 03

    Living wills recognised across borders

    Mutual recognition of living-will declarations and advance directives within the EU, for arrangements compatible with the law of the member state where the person is at the moment of need. A secure EU database will connect national living-will depositories so they can be reached when needed — in full compliance with the fundamental right to privacy.

    Recognition
  4. 04

    Let citizens decide together

    Convene a European Citizens’ Assembly, chosen by sortition, to debate and propose European measures on the right to die in a dignified way.

    Democracy

The principle

The principle

“The individual’s right to decide by what means and at what point their life will end … is one of the aspects of the right to respect for private life.”
— European Court of Human Rights

A coalition behind one right

20 organisations across 16 countries stand behind this petition.

International

  • World Federation of Right to Die Societies

Europe-wide

  • Eumans

Australia

  • Voluntary Assisted Dying South Australia

Belgium

  • Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité

Finland

  • Oikeus Arvokkaaseen Kuolemaan ry

France

  • ADMD — Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité
  • Le Choix — Citoyens pour une mort choisie
  • AAVIVRE — Association qui Accompagne la Volonté de l’Individu à Vivre dans le Respect de son Ethique

Germany

  • DGHS — Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben

Hungary

  • Karsai Dániel Alapítvány - Dániel Karsai Foundation

Iceland

  • Lífsvirðing, félag um dánaraðstoð (Iceland)

Ireland

  • End of Life Ireland

Italy

  • Associazione Luca Coscioni per la libertà di ricerca scientifica - APS

Netherlands

  • NVVE — Nederlandse Vereniging voor een Vrijwillig Levenseinde

Norway

  • Foreningen Retten til en Verdig Død

Scotland

  • Friends at the End (FATE)

South Korea

  • Korea Association for the Right to Die

Spain

  • Derecho a Morir Dignamente — DMD Catalunya

Switzerland

  • Dignitas — To live with dignity

USA

  • The Hemlock Society of San Diego

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