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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.
Physician assisted suicide, or euthanasia, is the act of intentionally ending lives in order to end pain and suffering. People who turn to assisted suicide often have terminal illnesses and wish to be relieved from their pain, and a physician provides the patient with a lethal dose of medication.ountries where euthanasia and or physician assisted suicide is legal include Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. Switzerland is one-of-a-kind, because they allow non-physician assisted suicide.