Abstract Introduction The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine of 1997
(“Oviedo Convention “) is the best current example of how to promote the protection of
human rights in the biomedical field at a transnational level. The importance of this
instrument lies in the fact that it is the first comprehensive multilateral treaty addressing
biomedical human rights issues. Certainly, some of the principles it contains were already
included in more general terms in previous international human rights treaties, such as the …