ECtHR positions on some issues of bioethics and genetic data

This study focuses on international law protection, including means of procedural protection in the European Court of Human Rights, of such a fundamental right as respect for the dignity, uniqueness and uniqueness of a person, regardless of his genetic characteristics. After analyzing the emerging judicial practice in the ECtHR, the authors distinguish two categories of cases for the protection of genetic dignity, bioethics and biosecurity. The first group includes cases involving direct violations of the 1950 the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; and in the second group – subsidiary violations of the “Oviedo Convention” and the recommendations of the Steering Committee of the Council of Europe on bioethics. The authors focused on violations of reproductive rights, storage by public authorities of DNA samples and human cells, and access to information on biological origin.