You Don't Know Jack begins as 61-year-old former pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Al Pacino) launches his crusade to provide what he considers to be a humane an dignified option for the terminally ill - assisted suicide. Aided by his loyal friend (John Goodman) ans his older sister (Brenda Vaccaro), Kevorkian begins offering his "death counselling" services to a grateful and burgeoning clientèle.

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With the Grand-Duchy’ s law on “Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide” being in place for one year now, little is to be reported on the subject. except that the secretariat of ADMD-L receives a lot of letters and calls from people outside the country hoping to be able to come and “die” in Luxembourg.

Although nothing in the law stipulates conditions of nationality or residence forf the person receiving euthanasia, it is however clear that this can only take place after an extensive consultation and treatment with a Luxembourg-registered doctor who – in consultation with a second doctor – will come to the conclusion, that the conditions are correct to allow for ending the patient’s life. – Moreover, the candidate must have registered his “dispositions de fin de vie” (living will) with the “Commission de Contrôle”, before even applying for euthanasia. This makes it extremely difficult for a person outside the Grand-Duchy to receive this help.

Although we are aware that there are doctors and hospitals who will allow for euthanasia, there is no list of names of either known to us, and the subject is still treated with great discretion. ADMD-L will also keep a very low profile on the subject in order not to provoke unnecessary clashes with opposing politics and institutions in the country.

Indeed, a patient in the terminal phase of cancer and already granted euthanasia help to die, but was denied his wishes by the management of the hospital, was euthanized shortly later, after Jean Huss, co-author of the euthanasia law and president of admd-l, had put a parliamentary question on this incident to the Minister of Health. The answer to this is that a hospital that does not respect the law could be penalized financially.
The official report of the Commission de Contrôle” in a year’s time will reveal how many euthanasias have indeed taken place and under what circumstances. In the meantime, admd-l concentrates on consulting people on the correct procedure of registering their End-of-Live Dispositions and requests for euthanasia besides keeping a watchful eye on the correct application of the law.

Annual General Meeting and commemoration on 20th anniversary of ADMD-L
Conference on the application of the law on euthanasia and assisted suicide

An enthousiastic AGM , with the positive report about the adoption of the law on euthanasia and assisted suicide.

A warm word of welcome by a member of the Town Council and representative of the Mayor, congratulating ADMD-L and the authors of the law.

Lydie Err and Jean Huss opened the gathering, remembering the founders of ADMD-L - in particular Dr Henri Clees - who had a vision, 20 years ago, to fight for the right to

The following figures have been compiled to give a greater insight on the daily practice of euthanasia in those countries, where medically assisted suicide has been legalized (Belgium and Netherlands). The figures are based on the annual reports of the control committees supervising the legal procedures.