Dr. Philip Nitschke, an Australian-born trained doctor behind Exit International, has previously told the AP that his organization received advice from lawyers in Switzerland that use of the Sarco would be legal in the country.
In the Exit International statement on Tuesday, Nitschke said he was ”pleased that the Sarco had performed exactly as it had been designed … to provide an elective, non-drug, peaceful death at the time of the person’s choosing.”
On Monday, Health Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider was asked in Swiss parliament about the legal conditions for the use of the Sarco capsule, and suggested its use would not be legal.
”On one hand, it does not fulfill the demands of the product safety law, and as such, must not be brought into circulation,” she said. ”On the other hand, the corresponding use of nitrogen is not compatible with the article on purpose in the chemicals law.”
In July, Swiss newspaper Blick reported that Peter Sticher, a state prosecutor in Schaffhausen, wrote to Exit International’s lawyers saying any operator of the suicide capsule could face criminal proceedings if it was used there — and any conviction could bring up to five years in prison.
Prosecutors in other Swiss regions have also indicated that use of the suicide capsule could lead to prosecution.
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