2002 law
The Belgian act legalizing euthanasia for competent adults and emancipated minors was passed on May 28, 2002. It went into effect on September 3, 2002.
Text of law
“Euthanasia in Belgium: 10 years on”
(European Institute of Bioethics — April 2012)
Already mobilized to justify euthanasia of new-born infants and young children, the state of necessity is also invoked to justify euthanasia of adult patients who are not conscious and who have not drawn up a prior declaration.