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May 2024
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2024
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9781009086844
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This Element overviews developments and issues in Dutch euthanasia practice. Following an outline of the history of the Dutch Euthanasia Act and a survey of the most critical trends and figures, some current issues are explored in depth: euthanasia and incompetency, euthanasia by nonphysicians, and euthanasia for those who consider their lives completed. This Element is intended for a general readership, including undergraduate students in law, medicine, or ethics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Treaties, Laws, Regulations, and Instructions

Treaties

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Rome, November 4, 1950 (ETS No. 005).
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure 2012, New York, December 19, 2011.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, New York, November 20, 1989. www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-child (last accessed March 25, 2024).

Laws

Burgerlijk Wetboek (Boek 7: artt. 446–468), Stb. 1991, 600 [Civil Code, Book 7, Articles 446–468].
Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Stb. 1840, 48 [Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands].
Wet op de lijkbezorging, Stb. 2014, 380 [Burial and Cremation Act].
Wet toetsing levensbeëindiging op verzoek en hulp bij zelfdoding, Stb. 2001, 194 [Euthanasia Act].
Wetboek van Strafrecht, Stb. 1886, 6 [Criminal Code].

Regulations

Regeling centrale deskundigencommissie late zwangerschapsafbreking in een categorie-2 geval en levensbeëindiging bij ernstig lijden de pasgeborenen, Stcrt. 2007, 51 [Regulation Establishing the Central Expert Committee for Category-2 Late-Term Abortions and Termination of Life in Newborns].
Regeling beoordelingscommissie late zwangerschapsafbreking en levensbeëindiging bij pasgeborenen, Stcrt. 2016, 3145 [Order Establishing the Review Committee on Late-Term Abortions and Termination of Life in Newborns].

Instructions

Aanwijzing vervolgingsbeslissing levensbeëindiging niet op verzoek en late zwangerschapsafbreking, December 1, 2017, BWBR0040270 [Instruction on the Prosecution of Termination of Life Not on Request and Late-term Abortion].

Parliamentary Proceedings and Parliamentary Papers

Proceedings

Handelingen II 1983/84, Bijlage 18331.
Handelingen II 1985/86, Bijlage 19359, No. 3.
Handelingen II 1989/90, Bijlage 21132, No. 8.
Handelingen II 1989/90, Bijlage 21300-VI, No. 22.
Handelingen II 1991/92, Bijlage 22572, No. 3.
Handelingen II 1996/97, Bijlage 23877, No. 3.
Handelingen II 2011/2012, No. 61.

Papers

Kamerstukken II 1998/99, 26691, No. 2.
Kamerstukken II 1998/99, 26691, No. 3.
Kamerstukken II 1999/2000, 26691, No. 6.
Kamerstukken II 2012/2013, 31036, No. 7.
Kamerstukken II 2013/2014, 32647, No. 26.
Kamerstukken II 2019/20, 35534, No. 2.
Kamerstukken II 2019/20, 35534, No. 3.
Kamerstukken II 2020/21, 32647, No. 82.
Kamerstukken II 2021/22, 32647, No. 92.

Case Law

European Court of Human Rights

Artico v. Italy. European Court of Human Rights, May 13, 1980, App. No. 6694/74.
Gard and Others v. United Kingdom. European Court of Human Rights, June 27, 2017, App. No. 39793/17.
Haas v. Switzerland. European Court of Human Rights, January 20, 2011, App. No. 31322/07.
Lambert and Others v. France. European Court of Human Rights, June 5, 2012, App. No. 46043/14.
Pretty v. United Kingdom. European Court of Human Rights, April 29, 2002, App. No 2346/02.

Supreme Court of the Netherlands

Hoge Raad, February 8, 1944, NJ 1944,314.
Hoge Raad, November 27, 1984, NJ 1985,106.
Hoge Raad, December 15, 1987, NJ 1988,811.
Hoge Raad, June 21, 1994, NJ 1994,656.
Hoge Raad, December 24, 2002, NJ 2003,167 (ECLI:NL:HR:2002:AE8772).
Hoge Raad, March 14, 2017 (ECLI:HR:2017:418).
Hoge Raad, April 21, 2020a (ECLI:NL:HR:2020:712) (criminal case).
Hoge Raad, April 21, 2020b (ECLI:NL:HR:2020:713) (disciplinary case).
Parket bij de Hoge Raad, November 8, 2016 (ECLI:NL:PHR:2016:1086).

Court of Appeal

Gerechtshof Amsterdam, July 8, 1952, rolnr. 524/1952.
Gerechtshof Amsterdam, November 17, 1983, NJ 1984,43.
Gerechtshof Den Haag, June 10, 1985, NJ 1987,608.
Gerechtshof Den Haag, September 11, 1986, NJ 1987, 608.
Gerechtshof Leeuwarden, September 30, 1993, TvGR 1993/62.
Gerechtshof Amsterdam, November 7, 1995, NJ 1996/113.
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Gerechtshof Amsterdam, May 8, 2001, ELRO AB1474.
Gerechtshof Amsterdam, December 6, 2001, LJN AD6753.
Gerechtshof Arnhem-Leeuwarden, May 13, 2015 (ECLI:NL:GHARL:2015: 3444).
Gerechtshof Den Bosch, January 31, 2018 (ECLI:NL:GHSHE:2018:345).

District Court

Rechtbank Utrecht, March 11, 1952, NJ 1952,275.
Rechtbank Leeuwarden, February 21, 1973, NJ 1973,183.
Rechtbank Rotterdam, December 1, 1981, NJ 1982,63.
Rechtbank Alkmaar, May 10, 1983, NJ 1983,407.
Rechtbank Assen, April 21, 1993, TvGR 1993/42.
Rechtbank Den Haag, September 11, 2019 (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:9506).
Rechtbank Haarlem, July 25, 2000, beschikking art. 250 Sv, parketnr. 15/035127-99.
Rechtbank Haarlem, October 30, 2000, parketnr. 15/035127-99.
Rechtbank Gelderland, October 22, 2013 (ECLI:NL:RBGEL:2013:3976).
Rechtbank Den Haag, December 14, 2022 (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2022:13394).
Rechtbank Oost-Brabant, July 18, 2023 (ECLI:NL:RBOBR:2023:3640).

Disciplinary Board

Centraal Tuchtcollege Gezondheidszorg, March 19, 2019 (ECLI:NL:TGZCTG: 2019:68).
Regionaal Tuchtcollege Gezondheidszorg Den Haag, July 24, 2018 (ECLI:NL:TGZRSGR:2018:165).

Review Committee on Late-Term Abortions and Termination of Life in Newborns

Annual Reports
Review Committee on Late-term Abortions and Termination of Life in Newborns 2020. Annual Report 2019. Utrecht: LZA/LP, 2022.

Regional Euthanasia Review Committees

Annual Reports

Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2003. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2004.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2004. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2005.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2006. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2007.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2010. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2011.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2012. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2013.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2017. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2018a.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2018. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2019.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2019. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2020a.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2020. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2021.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2021. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2022.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Annual Report 2022. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2023.Annual reports are available at https://english.euthanasiecommissie.nl/the-committees/annual-reports.

Codes of Practice

Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Code of Practice. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2015.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Euthanasia Code 2018. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2018b.
Regional Euthanasia Review Committees. Euthanasia Code 2020. The Hague: Regional Euthanasia Review Committees, 2020b.Codes of Practice are available at https://english.euthanasiecommissie.nl/the-committees/code-of-practice.

Regional Euthanasia Review Committee Judgments

Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2012-04.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2012-18.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2012-21.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2012-42.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2014-90.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2015-01.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2016-85.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2017-19.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2018-44.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2018-50.
Regionale toetsingscommissies euthanasie, Oordeel 2019-17.
Judgments are available (in Dutch) at www.euthanasiecommissie.nl/uitspraken-en-uitleg.

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