Stories and Emblematic 
Cases

The first person to access legal euthanasia in Colombia following its regulation.

She challenged the terminal disease requirement and helped expand the right to a dignified death.

An Ecuadorian activist who fought for her right to die with dignity and succeeded in having Ecuador decriminalize euthanasia.

The Millonarios football club fan who made public his decision to undergo euthanasia.

María requested medical assistance to die to the Argentine courts but did not receive a timely response.

He was the first Uruguayan to publicly advocate for euthanasia in his country.

The first person in Colombia to publicly challenge the requirement of having a terminal illness to access euthanasia.

The anthropologist who publicly called for the passing of an euthanasia law in Argentina to allow for a peaceful death as her illness progressed.

The health sociologist who decided to die on her own terms.

The first Peruvian woman to access euthanasia, in accordance with a historic court ruling.

The human rights activist who led the fight to legalize euthanasia in Chile.

The second woman in Peru to take her case to court to access a dignified death through the withdrawal of a life-support mechanism.

Teacher living with ALS for over 16 years and public advocate for the euthanasia law in Uruguay.