Global challenges raised by biomedical advances require global responses. Some
international organizations have made significant efforts over the last few years to establish …

The growing globalization of medical research and the application of new biotechnologies in
morally contested areas has forced a revision of international ethical guidelines. This book …

About half a century since the first international human rights instruments were established
dealing with individual (and social) human rights in general, a sectorial convention on …

The 33rd session of the General Conference of UNESCO has adopted by acclamation on 19
October 2005 the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.! After the Universal …

The eight chapters within this volume are structured around an exploration of the
fundamental issues in the field of biomedical human rights: dignity and autonomy in not only …

Increasingly, the world seems to shrink due to our ever-expanding technological and
communication capacities. Correspondingly, our awareness of other cultures increases. This …

As medical technology develops, new issues are raised as to how the use of this technology
may comply or conflict with existing human rights standards and values. This article …

Bioethical norms that had constituted only a rather short chapter in the medical curricula are
now integrated into universal human rights. This paper seeks to demonstrate the normative …

In the last half century, we have witnessed a plethora of international texts, not only on
medical ethics generally, but increasingly about biotechnologies specifically. Such texts …

Abstract The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine developed by the Council of
Europe, now undergoing ratification, is the first international treaty focused on bioethics. This …