Exit International

Exit International

Founded	1997
Founder	Philip Nitschke
Focus	Voluntary euthanasia, assisted suicide
Location	Darwin, Melbourne, Auckland, London, Stroud
Origins	Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.)
Area served	International
Members	3,500
Key people	Philip Nitschke, Fiona Stewart
Employees	5
Website	exitinternational.net

Exit International is an international non-profit organisation advocating legalisation of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide.^[1] It was previously known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation (VERF Inc.).

Exit International was founded by Philip Nitschke in 1997 after the over-turning of the world's first Voluntary Euthanasia law—the Rights of the Terminally Ill (ROTI) Act enacted in the Northern Territory, Australia. During the ROTI Act, Nitschke became the first physician in the world to administer a legal, lethal, voluntary injection.^[2]

The organisation had 3,500 members as of 2011^[update].^[3] Their average age is 75.^[4]