[Difficulties of the negotiation process of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the application of biology and medicine (and a call for its adhesion)]. / Dificultades del proceso de negociación de la Convención para la Protección de los Derechos Humanos y la Dignidad del Ser Humano con respecto a las aplicaciones de la Biología y la Medicina (y un llamado a su adhesión).
Gac Med Mex
; 148(3): 307-20, 2012.
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in Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22820368
ABSTRACT
Making an attempt to frame the controversial topic of bioethics within international law and with the aim of watching over the society, the Council of Europe elaborated the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the application of biology and medicine. The instrument, which came into force 12 years ago, is opened to all countries but only 29 states have ratified it. This legal document represents the base of a universal legislation on the subject. The present article examines the origin of the Convention, its process and evolution. It analyses the intense debates with regard to the human dignity, the freedom of science, the beginning of life, among others; equally it explores the interests at stake within the convention, whether political, moral, scientific, and economic, at the moment of its draft and in the present. Finally, the article analyses the possibility of the adoption of the Convention by the Mexican government. It concludes on the effectiveness of the international law of bioethics, and calls for the need that the Convention be used as a base for universal legislation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Biology
/
Codes of Ethics
/
Human Rights
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Medicine
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
/
Ethics
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
Es
Journal:
Gac Med Mex
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article