Bioethics and Human Rights Links
Action Group on Erosion, Technology, and Concentration
Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings
The Barcelona Declaration on Policy Proposals to the European Commission on Basic Ethical Principles in Bioethics and Biolaw (1998)
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995)
Bio-Engineering Action Network
Bioethics Documents
Communique of the Denver Summit of the Eight (22 June 1997)
Congregation For The Doctrine of The Faith: Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation (Donum Vitae) (1987)
Convention For the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (1999)
Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (1997)
The Dakar Declaration (1994)
Decision on Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Developments (1998)
Declaration in Defense of Cloning and the Integrity of Scientific Research (1997)
Declaration of Geneva (physician's oath) (1948; 1994)
Declaration of Helsinki: Recommendations Guiding Physicians in Biomedical Research Involving Subjects
Declaration of Hong Kong on the Abuse of the Elderly (1989; 1990)
Declaration of Inuyama on Human Genome Mapping, Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy (1990)
Declaration of Lisbon on the Rights of the Patient (1981; 1995)
Declaration of Madrid on Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation (1987)
Declaration of Oslo (on therapeutic abortion) (1970; 1983)
Declaration of Ottawa on the Right of the Child for Health Care (1998)
Declaration of Sydney (on death) (1968; 1983)
Declaration of Tokyo (guidelines for medical doctors on non-involvement in torture or other maltreatment of prisoners)
Declaration of Venice on Terminal Illness (1983)
Declaration on Euthanasia (1980)
Declaration on Euthanasia (1987)
Declaration on Euthanasia (2002)
Declaration on Family Violence (1996)
Declaration on Human Organ Transplantation (1987)
Declaration on Human Rights and Individual Freedom of Medical Practitioners (Oct. 1985)
Declaration on Hunger Strikes (1991; 1992)
Declaration on Medical Education (1991)
Declaration on Nuclear Weapons (1998)
Declaration on Physical Independence and Professional Freedom (1986)
Declaration on Principles of Health Care for Sports Medicine (1981; 1993)
Declaration on the Human Genome Project (1992)
Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in Whcih They Live (Article 6) (1985)
Declaration on the Participation of Health Personnel in the Death Penalty (1981; 1988)
Declaration on the Production and the Scientific and Therapeutic Use of Embryonic Cells
Declaration on the Promotion of Patients' Rights in Europe (1994)
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
Declaration on the Role of Health Professionals in the Exposure of Torture and Ill-Treatment (1996)
Declaration with Guidelines for Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care (1997)
Draft Guidance Document on Ethical Considerations in HIV Preventive Vaccine Research (2000) UNAIDS, Geneva
Draft International Convention on the Human Genome (2000)
Encyclical Letter on the Value and Inviolability of Human Life (Evangelium Vitae)
Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Investigations (1989)
Ethical Guidelines for Human Reproduction Research in the Muslim World (1992)
Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Human Embryonic or Fetal Tissue for Experimental and Clinical Neurotransplantation and Research (1994)
European Association for Bioindustries (EUROPABIO), Core Ethical Values
European Council Declaration on Banning the Cloning of Human Beings (1997)
FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) Committee for the Study of Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction
Forging the Link Between Helath and Human Rights, Statement of the Consotium for Health and Human Rights (1998)
Friends of the Earth Anti-GE Campaign
Fukui Statement on International Bioethics (1993)
Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN)
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (Oct. 21, 1950)
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Oct. 21, 1950)
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
Guideline for Good Clinical Practice (ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline) (1997)
Guidelines and Recommendations for European Ethics Committees (1997)
Guidelines Concerning Specific Situations [euthanasia, torture, death penalty, selection of sex, organ transplantation] (1996)
Guiding Principles on Human Organ Transplantation (Geneva: WHO, 1991)
Hippocratic Oath (Fifth Century B.C.)
Human Rights and Forensic Science April 20, 2000
International Center for Technology Assessment
International Code of Ethics for Midwives (1993)
International Code of Medical Ethics
International Conference on Biotechnology in the Global Economy: Science and the Precautionary Principle
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Article 7) (1996)
IPPF Charter on Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Islamic Code of Medical Ethics
Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa (1996)
Malta Recommendations on Human Rights Teaching, Information and Documentation (Section 8) (1987)
Medical Genetics and Biotechnology: Implications for Public-Health-Draft Guiding Principles
Melbourne Declaration on Physician-Assisted Dying (1996)
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering
Nuremberg Code (adopted to US Tribunal 19 July 1947)
Opinion No. 202 (1997) on the Draft Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine on the Prohibition on Cloning Human Beings
Opinion on Ethical Aspects of Cloning Techniques (1997)
Opinion on Ethical Aspects of Patenting Inventions Involving Elements of Human Origin (1996)
Opinion on Ethical Aspects of Prenatal Diagnosis (1996)
Opinion on Ethical Aspects of the Labelling of Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology (1995)
Opinion on Ethical Question Arising from the Commission Proposal For a Council Directive on Legal Protection for Biotechnological Inventions (1993)
Opinion on Products Derived from Human Blood or Blood Plasma of 12 March 1993 (1993)
Opinion on the Ethical Aspects of the 5th Research Framework Programme (1997)
Opinion on the Ethical Implications of Gene Therapy
Order No. 534 (1997) on Research and the Cloning of Human Beings
Plan of Action Against Torture. Adopted by the International Conference on Torture (Stockholm, 4-6 October 1996)
Pontifcal Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers: Charter for Health Care Workers (1995)
Pontifical Academy for Life: Reflections on Cloning (1997)
Principles for the Medical Investigation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (1996)
Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care (1991)
Principles in the Field of Human Artificial Procreation (1989)
Progamme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Populationand Development (Cairo, 5-13 September 1994) (para. 7.17) (1994)
Proposal for a United Nations Rapporteur on the Independence and Integrity of Health Professional (1997)
Proposed International Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Medical Genetics and Genetic Services (1998)
Proposed Model Ethical Protocol for Collecting DNA Samples (1998)
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), Dec. 7, 1978
Recommendation 1046 (1986) on the Use of Human Embryos and Foetuses for Diagnostic, Therapeutic, Scientific, Industrial and Commercial Purposes (Sept. 24, 1986)
Recommendation 1080 (1988) on a Co-ordinated European Health Policy to Prevent the Spread of AIDS in Prisons (June 30, 1988)
Recommendation 1160 (1991) on the Preparation of a Convention on Bioethics, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, (June 28, 1991)
Recommendation 1254 on the Medical and Welfare Rights of the Elderly: Ethics and Policies, Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, (Nov. 10, 1994)
Recommendation Concerning Medical Research on Human Beings (1990)
Recommendation Concerning the Legal Protection of Persons Suffering from Mental Disorders Placed as Involuntary Patients Rec(83)2 (1983)
Recommendation No. R (89) 14 on the Ethical Issues of HIV Infection in the Health Care and Social Settings (Oct. 24, 1989), Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers
Recommendation No. R (89) 4 on Collection of Epidemiological Data on Primary Health Care (Mar. 6, 1989)
Recommendation No. R (90) 13 on Prenatal Genetic Screening, Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis and Associated Genetic Counselling (June 21, 1990)
Recommendation No. R (90) 3 Concerning Medical Research on Human Beings, Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, (Feb. 6, 1990)
Recommendation No. R (92) 3 on Genetic Testing and Screening for Health Purposes, Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, (Feb. 10, 1990)
Recommendation No. R (94) 11 on Screening as a Tool of Preventive Medicine, Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, (Oct. 10, 1994)
Recommendation No. R (97) 16 on Liver Transplantation from Living Related Donors, Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers (Sept. 30, 1997)
Recommendation No. R (97) 5 on the Protection of Medical Data, Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, (Feb. 13, 1997)
Recommendation No. R (98) 7 Concerning the Ethical and Organisational Aspects of Health Care in Prison, Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers (Apr. 8, 1998)
Recommendation No. R(89) 14 on the Ethical Issues of HIV Infection in the Health Care and Social Settings (Oct. 24, 1989)
Recommendation on Fighting Social Exclusion and Strengthening Social Cohesion in Europe
Recommendation on Genetic Testing and Screening for Health Purposes (1992)
Recommendation on Prenatal Genetic Screening, Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis and Associated Genetic Counselling (1990)
Recommendation on Screening as a Tool of Preventive Medicine (1994)
Recommendation on the Medical and Welfare Rights of the Elderly: Ethics and Policies (Nov. 10, 1994)
Recommendation on the Preparation of a Convention on Bioethics (1991)
Recommendation on the Status of Scientific Researchers (1974)
Recommendation on Xenotransplantation (1999)
Recommendation to Member States Concerning a Common European Public Health Policy to Fight the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Rec(87)25 (1987)
Recommendations Concerning Medical Care in Rural Areas (1964; 1983)
Regulations in Time of Armed Conflict (1956; 1983)
Resolution in Support of Victims of Torture (1999)
Resolution on Bioethics and its Implications Worldwide for Human Rights Protection (1995)
Resolution on Cloning (1997)
Resolution on Economic Embargoes and Health (1997)
Resolution on Ethical, Scientific and Social Implications of Cloning in Human Health (adopted by the Fifty-first World Health Assembly) (1998)
Resolution on Human Cloning (1998)
Resolution on Human Rights (1990; 1995)
Resolution on Human Rights and Bioethics (1995)
Resolution on Human Rights and Bioethics (1997)
Resolution on Human Rights and Bioethics (1999)
Resolution on Human Rights and Forensic Medicine [Science] (1998)
Resolution on Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (1999)
Resolution on Medical Care for Refugees (1998)
Resolution on Medical Group Practice (1988)
Resolution on Physician Participation in Capital Punishment (1981)
Resolution on Physicians' Conduct Concerning Human Organ Transplantation (1994)
Resolution on the Development of Public Health Policy in the European Community (1999)
Resolution on The Hague Appeal for Peace (1998)
Resolution on the Medical Workforce (1998)
Resolution on the Prohibition of Access of Women to Health Care and the Prohibition of Practice by Female Doctors in Afghanistan (1997)
Resolution on the Rights of the Child
Resolution Supporting the Ottawa Convention (Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of ant-personnel mines and on their destruction)
Second Summit (Strasbourg, 10-11 October 1997) Action plan adopted on 11 October 1997 (para. 4 on "Prohibition of the cloning of human beings"
Statement of Policy on the Care of Patients with Severe Chronic Pain in Terminal Illness
Statement on Access to Medical Care (1988)
Statement on Body Searches of Prisoners (1993)
Statement on Child Abuse and Neglect (1984; 1995)
Statement on DNA Sampling Control and Access (1998)
Statement on Ethical Aspects of Embryonic Reduction (1995)
Statement on Ethical Issues Concerning Patients with Mental Illness (1995)
Statement on Family Planning and the Right of a Woman to Contraception (1996)
Statement on Fetal Transplantation (1989)
Statement on Genetic Counselling and Genetic Engineering (1987)
Statement on Health Promotion (1995)
Statement on Home Medical Monitoring, "Tele-Medicine" and Medical Ethics (1992)
Statement on In-Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transplantation (1987)
Statement on Live Organ Trade (1985)
Statement on Medical Ethics in the Event of Disasters (1994)
Statement on Medical Malpractice (1992)
Statement on Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality (1993)
Statement on Persistent Vegetative State (1989)
Statement on Physician-Assisted Suicide (1992)
Statement on Professional Responsibility for Standards of Medical Care (1996)
Statement on the Health Hazards of Tobacco Products (1997)
Statement on the Nurse's Role in Safeguarding Human Rights (1983)
Statement on the Principled Conduct of Genetics Research (1996)
Statement on the Professional Responsibility of Physicians in Treating AIDS Patients (1988)
Statement on the Use and Misuse on Psychotropic Drugs (October 1975)
Statement on the Use of Computer [sic] in Medicine (1973; 1983)
Statement on Weapons and their Relation to Life and Health (1996)
Statement on the Nurse's Role in the Care of Detainees and Prisoners (1998)
Technical and Ethical Guidelines for Workers' Health Surveillance (1999)
Torture, Death Penalty and Participation by Nurses in Executions
Union of Concerned Scientists
Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (adopted on 11 November 1997)
Vienna Declaration and Program of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights (1993)
World Health Organization -- Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy
World Medical Association Statement on Medical Manpower I (1983; 1986)
World Medical Association Statement on Medical Manpower II
World Medical Association Statement on Medical Manpower III
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