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Human euthanasia policies have also been developed by a variety of NGOs, most notably medical associations and advocacy organizations. As of October 2015, human euthanasia is legal only in the Netherlands, Belgium, Colombia and Luxembourg.Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Albania and in the US states of Washington, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico, Montana and California (effective January 1, 2016).Human euthanasia was criminalized in Mexico, Thailand, and the Northern Territory of Australia.uthanasia is illegal in Australia. It once was legal in the Northern Territory, by the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995. In 1997, the Australian Federal Government overrode the Northern Territory legislation through the introduction of the Euthanasia Laws Act 1997.
In April 2002, the Netherlands became the first country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. It imposed a strict set of conditions: the patient must be suffering unbearable pain, their illness must be incurable, and the demand must be made in full consciousness by the patient.