UNESCO's proposed declaration on bioethics and human rights - A bland compromise

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 210-215

  Williams, John R ^a  

^a World Medical Association   (France)

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Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS COMMITTEE (UNESCO); UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GUIDELINES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 24744438646     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2005.00117.x     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. The views expressed in this article are those of the author, not necessarily of the World Medical Association.
2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 2005. Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. SHS/EST/05/CONF.204/3REV. Paris, 24 June 2005. UNESCO.
3. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 2005. First Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts Aimed at Finalizing a Draft Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics. SHS/EST/05/CONF.203/5. Paris, 6 April 2005. UNESCO. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco. org/images/0013/001395/139593e.pdf [accessed 6 July 2005].
4. J.R. Williams. UNESCO's Proposed Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. World Med J 2005; 51: 4-6.
5. UNESCO, op. cit. note 3, Annex IV, Article 1, paragraph (i).
6. UNESCO, op. cit. note 2, Article 1, paragraph (a).
7. Ibid. Article 1, paragraph (b).
8. Ibid. Article 2, paragraph (i).
9. Ibid. Article 2, paragraph (ii).
10. Ibid. Article 2, paragraph (vi).
11. Ibid. Article 2, paragraph (vii).
12. Ibid. Article 2, paragraph (v).
13. Ibid. Under PRINCIPLES heading.
14. Ibid. Article 6, paragraph (a).
15. Ibid. Article 7, paragraph (a).
16. Ibid. Article 6, paragraph (b).
17. nd General Assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2000. WMA. Available at: http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm [accessed 11 July 2005].
18. J.R. Williams. The Promise and Limits of International Bioethics: Lessons from the Recent Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki. J Int Bioethique 2004; 15: 36-37.