Alternative NameVoluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF)Description
Exit International is an international non-profit organisation advocating legalisation of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. It was previously known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.).
Exit International was founded by Philip Nitschke in 1997 after the federal overturning of the world's first Voluntary Euthanasia law, the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act (Northern Territory, Australia). It has branches in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, the USA and Switzerland.