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Zusatztext Is it possible to find common criteria on the ethical assessment and legal regulation of the very divisive area of biomedicine and life sciences? Looking at the intersection between human rights and global bioethics! the book successfully answers the question. A compass in the very rough fields of bioethics and biolaw. Carlo Casonato! Professor of Law at the University of Trento; chief editor of the BioLaw Journal; member of the Italian Committee for BioethicsThe book edited by Caporale and Pavone is an excellent study on the origins! contents and meanings of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights! and is essential reading to understand its strength and limitations in relation to new challenges of biomedical research as well as of global bioethics.Gilberto Corbellini! Professor of History of Medicine and Bioethics at the University of Rome - La Sapienza. Informationen zum Autor Cinzia Caporale is head of the `Research Ethics, Bioethics, Biolaw and Biopolitics’ research unit at the Institute of Biomedical Technologies of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). She is the Coordinator of the CNR Research Ethics and Bioethics Committee and represents CNR on the topic of Research Integrity on the international level. She is adjunct professor of Bioethics at Sapienza University of Rome and a member of the Italian National Bioethics Committee. She is the President of the Ethics Committee of L. Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases and of the U. Veronesi Foundation and Director of the scientific journal The Future of Science and Ethics. She has been Chairperson of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee for two mandates. Under her presidency the `Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights’ was elaborated and adopted. Ilja Richard Pavone gained his PhD in International Law and Human Rights at Sapienza University, Rome. Currently he is Senior Researcher of International Law at the National Research Council of Italy, Rome, where he coordinates the research unit in "International, European and National Biolaw". He is also Professor of Environmental Law at The Tuscia University, Viterbo. In the past, he has taught at the universities of Rome (Sapienza), Venice (Venice International University), Macerata and Siena. He has been visiting professor at Queensland University, New York University, Bochum University and Max Planck Institute. He is author of over 50 publications, essays and articles in International Law and European Union law, with a particular focus on Bioethics, Human Rights, International Health Law, and Environment Protection. Zusammenfassung This book provides an overview of the ethical and legal developments which have occurred in bioethics and human rights. The work analyzes the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights from an ethical and legal perspective, commenting on its implementation and discussing the role of non-binding norms in international bioethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I UNESCO and Global Bioethics Chapter 1: The role of UNESCO in promoting universal human rights: from 1948 to 2005 Author: Roberto Andorno Chapter 2: The elaboration and adoption process of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights as a ‘best practice’ in the construction of a shared bioethics Author: Cinzia Caporale Chapter 3: The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights as a landmark in the development of global bioethics. Author: Tenk ten Haave Part II The Declaration and its Principles: a philosophical and bioethical perspective Chapter 4: Charters of Rights and Bioethical Principles: a Multicultural Challenge. Author: Francesco D’Agostino, Fabio Macioce Chapter 5: Value issues and historical significance. Philosophical directions in the Universal Declaration on Bioethic...
