Five lessons from the College of Guarantors of the French Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life

Key insights from France’s Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life (December 2022-April 2023) including: managing disengaged participants seeking media attention, balancing complexity and clarity in final reports, reconsidering voting procedures and wording, clarifying organizational responsibility between governance committees and facilitation teams, and connecting conventions with broader democratic institutions. Recommends deliberating on vote wording itself and ensuring shared understanding and consistency.