MAPPING BIOETHICS: NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Abstract

Draconian growth in terms of research and biological,
medical or genetic techniques and their substantial impacts
on humans have increased the risk of harming fundamental
human rights. To counterbalance these threats, bioethics
emerged as a new and genuine norm whereas it was initially a mere moral reflection. While the normativity of
bioethics does not raise any doubt now, it is still noteworthy
to underline that it has not yet reached completion. Hence,
all around the world, courts are inclined to supplant the
deliberate or unintentional legislature’s silence. This issue
is definitely a burning and controversial one but it goes
far beyond the assigned topic of this paper. Currently, it is
incumbent upon us to shed light on a significant part of the
normative panorama of bioethics both at the international
and national levels.