· A few days ago, numerous news outlets revisited the case of a seriously ill eight-month-old girl, Indi Gregory - a British citizen - against whom the Supreme Court of that country recently ruled to disconnect her life support equipment.

· The parents have not given up their fight for the child's life, and last week it was reported that the girl had been granted Italian citizenship and the prospect of continuing treatment offered by the Vatican's Bambino Gesù hospital.

The case before a Dutch court concerned euthanasia, specifically the freedom to access so-called assisted suicide. In a December 14 ruling, the district court in The Hague ruled that the legality of assisted suicide will remain limited in the Netherlands to situations in which it is performed by a doctor while adhering to the rules set forth in the law.

· The Strasbourg Court dismissed the complaint of a Belgian man whose mother had been euthanized the day after her death.

· The Strasbourg Court dismissed the complaint of a Danish doctor who had given advice on how to take his own life.

In 2019, Dr. Svend Lings was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for the offense of assisted suicide. He also lost the right to practice.

The doctor is responsible for the death of at least two people.