Council of Europe adopts protocol on genetic testing for health purposes

Laurence Lwoff

European Journal of Human Genetics (2009) 17, 1374 – 1377

A new Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights  and Biomedicine

On 7 May 2008, the first international legally binding
instrument concerning genetic testing for health purposes
was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council
of Europe. (The Council of Europe, set up in 1949, is an
intergovernmental organization with a pan-European
vocation that aims at fostering a closer cooperation
between its 47 Member States (which include the 27 EU
members) for the protection of human rights and the
promotion of democracy. Since the beginning of the 1980s,
this organization has been active in the field of bioethics.
A substantial legal corpus has been developed laying down
fundamental principles. The reference instrument is the
Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (ETS no.
164, 1997).)

*Correspondence: Dr L Lwoff, Division of Bioethics, Department of Health
and Bioethics, Council of Europe, Strasbourg 67075, France.
E-mail: laurence.lwoff@coe.int

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2986683/

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