Protection of Right to Health in International Law and Development of Biotechnology: Ethical Implications

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Protection of Right to Health in International
Law and Development of Biotechnology Ethical
Implications
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Health, human rights and ethics

• Problems
• - Irruption of epidemic
• - Public health care
• - Biotechnology

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Health, human rights and ethics

• Impacts
• - Changing relations between medical science
  and human rights

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Health, human rights and ethics

• Impacts
• - Changing relations between medical science
  and human rights
• - Reviewing protection

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Human rightsright to health

• Human rights

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Human rightsright to health

• Human rights
• - Particularity

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Human rightsright to health

• Human rights
• - Particularity
• - Objective

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Human rightsright to health

• Right to health right
• rights of everyone to the enjoyment of the
  highest attainable standard of physical and
  mental health
• (CESCR,1966)

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Human rightsright to health

• Right to health obligation
• States party take full and progressive and
  realization of the rights
• (CESCR,1966)

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Modern biotechnology and right to health

• Existing international legal protection

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Modern biotechnology and right to health

• Existing international legal protection
• - General gt human rights protection

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Modern biotechnology and right to health

• Existing international legal protection
• - General gt human rights protection
• - Specific gt non-binding instrument
• gt regional conventions

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Modern biotechnology and right to health

• New direction of bioethical principles
• ltlt pluralist /general/ universalgtgt

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Bioethics principles as guardian of right to
health

• UNESCOs draft declaration on Bioethics
  principles
• 1 Human Dignity and Human Rights
• 2 Equality, Justice and Equity
• 3 Benefit and Harm
• 4 Respect for Cultural Diversity and Pluralism
• 5 Non-Discrimination and Non- Stigmatization
• 6 Autonomy and Individual Responsibility

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Bioethics principles as guardian of right to
health

• UNESCOs draft declaration on Bioethics
  principles
• 7 Informed Consent
• 8 Privacy and Confidentiality
• 9 Solidarity and Cooperation
• 10 Social Responsibility
• 11 Sharing of benefit
• 12 Responsibility towards the Biosphere

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Implementation some remarks

• Universality
• gt pluralist
• gt general

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Implementationsome remarks

• Obligation
• gt to respect
• gt to protection
• gt to fullfil

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Implementationsome remarks

• Monitoring
• gt international
• gt national (public)
• gt national (civil society)