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SUMMARY:Baron Ver Heyden De Lancey Medico-Legal Lecture 2015: 'Voluntary E
 uthanasia and Assisted Dying: The Position in The Netherlands' - Professor
  Paul Mevis\, Law Faculty\, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
DTSTART:20150126T173000Z
DTEND:20150126T183000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Professor Mevis\, a leading expert on Dutch criminal law and c
 riminal procedure\, is a member of an official body set up by the Dutch go
 vernment in 2014 to review the current law on euthanasia and assisted dyin
 g in The Netherlands.\n\nWhen Debbie Purdy\, the right to die campaigner\,
  died on 23 December\, the media reminded us that\, in 2009\, she had “w
 on a landmark ruling to clarify the law on assisted suicide”. Barely men
 tioned was the manner of her death: self-starvation. A slow and horrible w
 ay to die\, chosen\, presumably\, as the only way in which\, being complet
 ely helpless\, she could end her life without involving others\, who would
  risk being prosecuted for assisting suicide\, or even murder. So much goo
 d her “landmark victory” did for her\, or for others in her unhappy st
 ate. \n\nIn many other countries\, the law enables people in Debbie Purdy
 ’s condition to die in ways that are more humane. Among them is The Neth
 erlands. But there\, as in the UK\, the law on assisted dying is controver
 sial\, and last year the Dutch government set up an official commission to
  look into it. \n\nThe lecture is part of a series of talks on medico-lega
 l topics sponsored by the University’s Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund. 
 It coincides with the creation\, within the Law Faculty\, of a new Centre 
 for law\, medicine and life sciences. \n\nThe lecture will take place in L
 G18 and will be followed by a drinks reception.\n\nGetting there: The Law 
 Faculty is based on the Sidgwick Site\, 10 West Rd\, Cambridge\, CB3 9DZ. 
 For full details: http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/about-the-faculty/how-to-find-u
 s.php\n\nParking: After 5pm\, there is ample car-parking on the University
 's Sidgwick site\, and in nearby streets (for example Sidgwick Avenue and 
 West Road).\n\nBus: Uni4 runs regularly from Addenbrooke's Hospital to the
  Law Faculty (West Road).\n\nPrevious Ver Heyden De Lancey lectures are av
 ailable on the Streaming Media Service (http://bit.ly/BVHDL).
LOCATION:LG18\, Faculty of Law\, Sidgwick Site\, 10 West Rd\, Cambridge\, 
 CB3 9DZ
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