2024/05/16 by Oliver Feeney · 1 voice
Medicine · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Biotechnology and Related Fields #Science, Research, and Medicine #Genetically Modified Organisms Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/s41431-024-01621-y
openalex publication_date 2024/05/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
In 2025, the UNESCO/Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights will be 20 years old. At its 20th anniversary, it seems appropriate to ponder if there is justification for revising it, in particular, to improve and to clarify, to reflect new or previously underappreciated considerations, or to take account of any significant medical or technological developments that have occurred since its creation. One could say there is justification when one compares it to the 1964 World Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki (WMA [ 1 ]), which has undergone nine instances of amendments or clarifications* since its creation, with the intervals in revisions being, chronologically, eleven (1964–1975), eight (1975–1983), six (1983–1989), seven (1989–1996), four (1996–2000), two (2000–2002)*, two (2002–2004)*, four (2004–2008), and five (2008–2013). With the forthcoming revision expected later this year, the last interval will again be eleven years.