The World Federation of Right To Die Societies, started in l976, and officially founded in l980, represents nearly all the organizations internationally which are fighting for a person's right to die when terminally ill. The 33 organizations meet every two years to exchange news and views. The next meeting is in 2004 in Japan. Details still to be settled. For conference information go to www.worldrtd.net.

Click here for an index of member organizations. For a list of right-to-die organizations in the United States, click here. Read the current World Federation newsletter. Or view a list of back issues and their topics.

World Federation of Right To Die Societies

Contact Person:
World Federation Secretary: Libby Drake
Email: LibbyDrake@mikelib.clara.co.uk

Past Presidents

  • Sidney Rosoff (USA l980-84),
  • Minoo Masani (India l984-86)
  • Prof.Patrick Nowell-Smith (Canada l986-88),
  • Derek Humphry (USA l988-90),
  • Jean Davies (England l990-92),
  • Dr. Helga Kuhse (l992-94),
  • Dr.Aycke O A Smook (The Netherlands l994-96).
  • Dr.Hugh T. Wynne (UK, l996-98).
  • Mary Gallnor (Australia, 1998-2000)
  • Richard MacDonald (USA, 2000-2002)
  • President: Michael Irwin MD (UK)
  • President-elect: Juana T Betancor (Spain)

Board of Directors -- 2002-2004

  • President: Michael Irwin MD (UK)
  • President-elect: Juana T Betancor
  • Treasurer: Annelies Plaisant (Florida, USA)
  • Secretary: Libby Drake (UK) LibbyDrake@mikelib.clara.co.uk
  • Newsletter editor: Derek Humphry (USA) ergo@efn.org
  • Board Members: Jacqueline Herremans (Belgium), Jacob Kohnstamm (Netherlands), Michio Arakawa (Japan), Richard MacDonald (USA), Juan Mendoza-Vega (Colombia), Elizabeth Wilson (Scotland).

Board of Directors 2002-2004

World Euthanasia Conferences

The world conference on euthanasia has been held in the following places:
  • Tokyo, Japan - l976
  • San Francisco, USA - l978
  • Oxford, UK - l980
  • Melbourne, Australia - l982
  • Nice, France - l984
  • Bombay, India - l986
  • San Francisco, USA - l988
  • Maastrict, The Netherlands - l990
  • Kyoto, Japan - l992
  • Bath, UK - l994
  • Melbourne, Australia - 1996
  • Zurich, Switzerland - 1998
  • Boston, USA - 2000
  • Brussels, Belgium - 2002
  • Japan - 2004
  • Toronto, Canada - 2006
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Member Organizations

| Australia | Belgium | Britain | Canada | Colombia | Finland | France | Germany | India | Israel | Italy | Japan | The Netherlands | Luxembourg | New Zealand | Norway | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | United States | Zimbabwe |

Australia

  • South Australia Voluntary Euthanasia Society
    PO Box 2151 Kent Town, South Australia 5071
    President: Mary Gallnor
    Telephone: +61-8-8379-3421 FAX: +61-8-8265-2287
    WWW: http://www.on.net/clients/saves/
    E-Mail: Bill Mettyear metty@ozemail.com.au

  • Voluntary Euthanasia Society of New South Wales, Inc.
    PO Box 25, Broadway, N S W 2007
    Telephone: 61-2-212-4782 FAX:
    E-mail: vesnsw@ozemail.com.au

  • Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Queensland
    PO Box 424, Mount Gravatt
    Brisbane, Queensland 4122
    Secretary: Sandra Milne
    Telephone: 0500 858 500 FAX:
    E-mail: raysan@technet2000.com.au

  • Dying With Dignity Victoria, Inc.
    President: Dr. Rodney Syme
    3/9b Salisbury Avenue Blackburn, Victoria 3130
    Telephone: 61-3-9877 7677 FAX: 61-3-9877 5077
    Web URL: www.dwdv.org.au
    Email: dwdv@dwdv.org.au

  • Voluntary Euthanasia Society of West Australia
    PO Box 7243, Cloisters Square, Perth, West Australia 6850
    Telephone: 61-8-9367-4256 FAX: 61-8-9367-3478

  • Northern Territory Voluntary Euthanasia Society
    GPO Box 2734, Darwin NT 0801
    Telephone: (61) 8 8927 2294

  • Tasmania
    Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Tasmania
    P O Box 1022 Sandy Bay Tasmania
    Australia 7006
    E-mail vest@tasmail.com
    FAX : (61) 3 6249 2135
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Belgium

  • Recht op Waardig Sterven (Flemish-speaking. Known as R W S )
    Contact Person: Leon Favyts
    Constitutiestraat 33, B-2060 Antwerpen 6
    Telephone: 32-3-272-5163 FAX: Same

  • Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignite
    (French speaking. Known as A D M D )
    55 Rue du Président, B-1050 Bruxelles.
    Secrétaire Générale: Janine Wytsman
    Telephone: 32-2-502-0485 FAX:32-2-502-0485
    E-mail:admd@infonie.be
    URL: http://perso.infonie.be/admd

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Britain

  • Dignity in Dying
    13 Prince of Wales Terrace
    London W8 5PG
    Telephone: 0870 777 7868 Fax:
    Web URL: http://www.dignityindying.org.uk
    Email: info@dignityindying.org.uk

  • Friends at the End (FATE)
    11 Westbourne Gardens,
    Glasgow G12 9XD
    Scotland
    Phone: +0141-334-3287
    Email: friendsattheend@beeb.net

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Canada

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Colombia (1 group)

Fundacion Pro Derecho a Morir Dignamente
Carrera 11 No. 73 - 44 of 508
A A 88900
Bogota Colombia
Telephone: +57-1-345-40-65
FAX: +57-1-313-16-07
E-mail: dmdcol@reymoreno.net.co
WWW: http://www.laplazamall.com/dmd/

Finland

  • Exitus Ry
    President: Laila Iharvaara
    Contact: Mrs Margareta Hohenthal
    Bredantie 8 D 20
    FIN-02700 Kauniainen
    Telephone: +358-9-5053732
    E-mail: exitus@rtd.pp.fi

  • Pro Gratia of Helsinki
    President: Mrs Gwen Marttinen
    Laajasalonkaari 15 a
    FIN-00840 Helsinki
    Telephone: +358 9 6984415

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France (1 group)

Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignite (ADMD)
50 rue de Chabroi, 75010 Paris
Janine Girnt
Telephone: 01 48 00 04 16 FAX: 01 48 00 05 72
E-mail: admd@club-internet.fr
URL: http://perso.club-internet.fr/admd

Germany (1 group)

Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Humanes Sterben e.V (D G H S)
Lange Gasse 2-4, Postfach 11 05 29, Augsburg 86152
Executive Director: Dr. Kurt F. Schobert
Telephone: 49-821-502-350 FAX: 49-821-502-3555
E-mail: wf@dghs.de

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India (1 group)

Society for the Right to Die with Dignity
Nanvarati Hospital, SV Road, Vile Parle (w), Mumbahai 400 058
Telephone: 273914

Israel (1 group)

LILACH, PO Box 335, Ramat-Gan 52136, Israel
Contact person: Rivka Hochhoiser
Telephone: 972-3-6121877 FAX: 972-3-6135665
E-mail: lilach19@zahav.net.il
URL: http://www.lilach.org.il

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Italy (1 group)

EXIT - Italia
Associazione Italiana per il Diritto ad una Morte Dignitosa
Corso Monte Cucco 144
10141 - Torino
Italy
Phone and fax: +011-77.07.126
E-Mail: exit@itcnet.it

Japan (1 group)

Japan Society for Dying With Dignity
Watanabe Building 202, 2-29-1 Hongou, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113
Executive Director: Takeshi (Ken) Minami.
Telephone: 81-3-3818-6563 FAX: 81-3-3818-6562
E-Mail: songensi@mx1.alpha-web.ne.jp
URL: http://www.alpha-web.ne.jp/songensi

The Netherlands (1 group)

Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vrijwillige Euthanasie
(Dutch Voluntary Euthanasia Society)
Postbus 75331, Leidsegracht 103, 1070 AH Amsterdam
Contact person: Jean Roell
Telephone: (31) 20-620-0690 FAX: (31) 20-420-7216
Web URL: http://www.nvve.nl/english
E-Mail: euthanasie@nvve.nl

Luxembourg (1 group)

Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignite
Rue De France 160, L-4446 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Telephone: 594505 FAX: 26590482

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New Zealand

  • Voluntary Euthanasia Society
    95 Melrose Road, Island Bay, Wellington 6002
    Secretary: Frank Dungey
    Telephone: +64-4-383-7752
    FAX: +64-4-383-7756
    E-mail:

  • Voluntary Euthanasia Society (Auckland) Inc.
    Telephone/FAX: (09) 630 7035
    E-mail: ves@clear.net.nz
    WEB URL: http://www.geocities.com/vesakl

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Norway (1 group)

Foreningen Retten til en Verdig Død
Ullern Alle 2
0381 Oslo
Norway
(T) 47 22 73 04 80
(F) 47 22 13 32 39
(E) l-livste@online.no
(W) http://www.livstestament.org

Spain (1 group)

Derecho a Morir Dignamente
Avda.Portal del Angel 7-atico P
08002 Barcelona
Contact person: Juana Betancor
Telephone: 343-412-3203
Web URL: http://www.eutanasia.ws/
E-mail: admd@redestb.es

Sweden (1 group)

Rätten Til Var Död
Höganäsgaten 2 C, 735-30 Upsala
Margareta Appel
Telephone: +46 18-104140 FAX: +46 40-964498

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Switzerland

  • Exit/A.D.M.D . Suisse Romande
    C.P. 110 CH-1211, Geneva 17
    Telephone: 022/735 77 60
    FAX: 022/735 77 65
    Web URL: http://www.exit-geneve.ch/
    E-mail: exit@freemail.ch

  • EXIT/Vereinigung für humanes Sterben (German-speaking)
    Feldeggstraase 13
    P.O. Box 309
    CH-8034 Zurich/Switzerland
    Phone: +41-1-388-2388
    FAX: +41-1-388-2389
    E-mail: freitodbegleitung@exit.ch
    Web URL: www.exit.ch

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United States Of America

Zimbabwe

Final Exit - Zimbabwe
Contact Person: Jeanette Lamb
P.O. Box MP 386
Mount Pleasant, Harare
Phone/FAX: +263 4 744967

E-mail: fez@zol.co.zw

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Updated 18 January 2004