European convention on Human Rights

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human
Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Oviedo, 4.IV.1997

EC STEERING COMMITTEE ON BIOETHICS (CDBI) Goals and Structure

DIRECTIVE 2001/20/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 4 April 2001 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the implementation of good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use

Nuffield Council Report

Website Addresses: EC Basic Documents on Ethics:

Science and Society: Structuring the European Research Area
Science and Society. Ethics-Highlights
Directives of the European Union
Ethical rules of the Fifth Framework Programme
Opinions from the European Group on Ethics in science and new technologies
Resolution of the European Parliament on Human Cloning
Policy Briefings of the European Science Foundation

European Group Ethics: Ethical Aspects of Clinical Research in Developing Countries.

The Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights

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