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The European Convention on Bioethics
Author(s) -
Wachter Maurice A. M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1002/j.1552-146x.1997.tb00015.x
Subject(s) - bioethics , convention , political science , law , human rights , biomedicine , public administration , biology , genetics
Nearly fifteen years after the Council of Europe first called for a pan‐European convention on issues in bioethics to harmonize disparate national regulations, in November 1996 the council's Committee of Ministers approved the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine for formal adoption. The draft convention, released in July 1994, provoked strong public, professional, and governmental debate among European nations, particularly regarding provisions for biomedical research with subjects unable to give informed consent. If ratified, the “bioethics convention” will become the first such document to have binding force internationally.