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. Florian was finally released from Swiss prison after 70 days of incarceration on 2 December. A press statement is on the Media Page of this website.
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
The mists surrounding the Sarco
In Switzerland, a 64-year-old woman passed away last month in a specially designed ‘suicide capsule.’
Former Director of Justice calls for nationwide rules on euthanasia
After the first suicide in the Sarco euthanasia capsule, the former Director of Justice of the Canton of Zurich is calling for nationwide rules. And Markus Notter criticizes Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider for the way she handled the death capsule.
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.”