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Biobanking: International Norms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Bartha Maria Knoppers
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While the socio-ethical and legal issues surrounding clinical genetics have long been the subject of international interest, the thorny questions of genetic research and biobanking are more recent. Add to this the fact that national guidelines and laws usually precede international policymaking, and the delay in international approaches is understandable. In that regard, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s 1997 Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights is unique in its prospective guidance on genetic research. Also, it is in the very nature of international normative instruments to be general, except on specific issues considered to be in the interest of humanity, such as research into human reproductive cloning or access to AIDS drugs.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , Spring 2005 , pp. 7 - 14
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2005

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