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'''Ludwig A. Minelli''' (born December |
'''Ludwig A. Minelli''' (born 5 December 1932) is a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] lawyer. He is the founder of [[Dignitas (euthanasia group)|Dignitas]], an organization that helps permanently ill people to end life in a manner which relieves pain and suffering.<ref>{{cite news | last = Langley | first = Alison | title = 'Suicide tourists' go to the Swiss for help in dying | work = The New York Times | date = February 4, 2003 }}</ref> He is also the founder and general secretary of the Swiss Society for the European Convention on Human Rights.<ref>{{cite news | last = Wheatley | first = Jane | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article646465.ece | title = LUDWIG MINELLI: Suicide missionary | work = The Times | date = September 22, 2006| access-date = July 17, 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
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Minelli is among the majority of supporters of [[physician-assisted suicide]] who believe that it should be available to both healthy and sick individuals.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last=Gentleman |first=Amelia | author-link = Amelia Gentleman |title=Inside the Dignitas house |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/18/assisted-suicide-dignitas-house |date=18 November 2009 |work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=18 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Assisted suicide in the view Europeans | url = http://www.medizinalrecht.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Results_opinion_poll_self-determination_at_the_end_of_life.pdf | publisher = ISO Public | date = March 2013}}</ref> |
Minelli is among the majority of supporters of [[physician-assisted suicide]] who believe that it should be available to both healthy and sick individuals.<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last=Gentleman |first=Amelia | author-link = Amelia Gentleman |title=Inside the Dignitas house |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/18/assisted-suicide-dignitas-house |date=18 November 2009 |work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=18 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Assisted suicide in the view Europeans | url = http://www.medizinalrecht.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Results_opinion_poll_self-determination_at_the_end_of_life.pdf | publisher = ISO Public | date = March 2013}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 16 October 2024
Ludwig A. Minelli | |
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Born | 5 December 1932 |
Alma mater | Zurich University |
Occupation | Founder of Dignitas |
Ludwig A. Minelli (born 5 December 1932) is a Swiss lawyer. He is the founder of Dignitas, an organization that helps permanently ill people to end life in a manner which relieves pain and suffering.[1] He is also the founder and general secretary of the Swiss Society for the European Convention on Human Rights.[2]
Minelli is among the majority of supporters of physician-assisted suicide who believe that it should be available to both healthy and sick individuals.[3][4]
Minelli holds an LL.M. from Zurich University.[3]
Selected works
[edit]- Minelli, Ludwig (2008). "Weshalb braucht es keine aktive Sterbehilfe?". In Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (ed.). Tod und Sterben in der Gegenwartsgesellschaft. Eine interdisziplinäre Auseinandersetzung (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär [Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 3]. Baden-Baden.
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See also
[edit]- Dignitas
- Euthanasia
- Betty and George Coumbias
- FT interview, May 2023[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Langley, Alison (February 4, 2003). "'Suicide tourists' go to the Swiss for help in dying". The New York Times.
- ^ Wheatley, Jane (September 22, 2006). "LUDWIG MINELLI: Suicide missionary". The Times. Retrieved July 17, 2009.[dead link ]
- ^ a b Gentleman, Amelia (18 November 2009). "Inside the Dignitas house". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
- ^ "Assisted suicide in the view Europeans" (PDF). ISO Public. March 2013.
- ^ https://www.ft.com/content/0f9616d6-b544-485d-b4f3-df5245b8b43d