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UNO: Towards the end of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

While the members of the UNO Committee on Human Rights seek at interpreting the article 6 of the Covenant on Civil Rights relative to the right to life, Claire de

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17 November 2017
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UN: the “right to life” on the hot seat

The UN Committee on Human Rights seeks to impose the legalisation of abortion and euthanasia to all countries.   At the UN, the Committee on Human Rights is currently rethinking

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17 November 2017
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20th anniversary of the Oviedo Convention: a text at least put into question

Late October, the Council of Europe’s Committee on Bioethics (DH-Bio) organised two days of conferences for the 20 years of the Oviedo Convention in Strasbourg. The Committee saw this as

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17 November 2017
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

UNESCO’s Ethics Commission publishes a report on robotics

In September, UNESCO’S World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology, “COMEST”[1], completed a report on robotics, which has just been published. Its aim is to “propose an

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13 November 2017
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

UN: the definition of the right to life is under debate

The UN Committee on Human Rights is currently reviewing its definition of “right to life” in international law through its mission to interpret the provisions of the international Pact on civil and

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13 November 2017
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Ban on abortion based on prenatal screening for Down syndrome in Ohio: draft bill adopted by the Lower House

On 1 November, the Ohio House of Representatives approved a draft bill banning abortions based on prenatal screening for Down syndrome. The document aims to introduce sanctions against doctors who

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13 November 2017
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Prenatal diagnosis

Franck Stephens, with Down syndrome, addresses the American Congress

Last week, Frank Stephens, actor, Special Olympics[1]athlete and promotor, presented his life experiences to the United States Congress : “I am a man with Down Syndrome and my life is worth living “. Rather

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13 November 2017
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End of life

Canada: Assisted suicide for minors – paediatricians questioned more and more

Since the legalisation of assisted suicide in Canada, in June 2016, paediatricians are being increasingly questioned about assisted suicide, by minors and parents alike. A survey carried out at that

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13 November 2017
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