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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.
Belgium became the first country in the world to remove any age restrictions on euthanasia, after an emotional debate which split the medical profession over the best way to treat a terminally ill child with a desire to end his or her life.elgiumâs existing euthanasia law for adults has broad public support, and a recent survey by the RTBF broadcaster found that 75% of people supported extending the same rights to children. Parliament approved these amendments on Thursday with 86 MPs voting in favor, 44 against, and 12 abstentions.