“The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine: ten years later”

 

3 November 2009

Room 1, Palais de l’Europe

Strasbourg, France 

 

 

 

 

Conference organised by

the Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI) of the Council of Europe,

in cooperation with the Slovenian authorities,

within the framework of the Slovenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

 

 

 

 

 

Programme

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening session

 

Chairs:                            Dr Tina Garani-Papadatos (Greece), Chair of the Steering Committee on                                           Bioethics (CDBI)

                            Prof. Javier Arias (Spain), member of CDBI Bureau

 

9.00 – 9.15               H.E. Mr. Borut Miklavčič, Minister of Health of the Republic of Slovenia

                            Mrs Maud De Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of                                           Europe

 

The Convention ten years ago: an achievement and a starting point

 

9.15 – 9.35              Prof. Jože Trontelj, President of the Academy of Sciences and Arts, Chair of the National Medical Ethics Committee, Republic of Slovenia

 

The impact of the Convention: A binding instrument and a legal reference…which influenced the practice.

 

Chairs:                            Dr Ritva Halila (Finland), member of CDBI Bureau

                            Prof. Daniel Serrão (Portugal), former member of CDBI Bureau

 

9.35 – 9.55 The impact of the Convention at national level

Mrs Eva Schewior, Head of Bioethics, Research and New Technologies Division, Federal Ministry of Justice, Germany

 

9.55 – 10.15 The impact in Central and Eastern Europe

Prof. Jozef Glasa, Institute of Medical Ethics and Bioethics n. f., Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology – Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

 

10.15 – 10.35 The Convention: a European patient rights instrument

Prof. Herman Nys, Director of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Leuven University, Belgium

 

              10.35 – 11.00 Coffee Break

 

Chairs:                            Mrs Mary Anne CIAPPARA (Malta), member of CDBI Bureau

                            Prof. Ergun ÖZSUNAY (Turkey), member of CDBI

 

11.00 – 11.20 The Convention and health systems in Europe

Prof. Henriette Roscam Abbing, European Health Law Association, The Netherlands

 

11.20 – 11.40 The impact of the Convention at European Union level

Prof. Göran Hermeren, Chair of the European Group on Ethics of Science and New Technologies to the European Commission

 

11.40 – 12.00 The Convention: a reference at international level

Prof. Sheila McLean, Member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee, Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine at Glasgow University, United Kingdom

 

12.00 – 12.30 Discussion

 

              12.30 – 14.30 Lunch break

 

 

New challenges

 

Chairs:                            Prof. Eugenius Gefenas (Lithuania), Vice-Chair of CDBI             

                            Dr Vlasta Močnik Drnovšek (Republic of Slovenia), member of the Bureau of                             the European Health Committee (CDSP)

             

14.30 – 15.40              Round table: Ratification - What are the difficulties?

Dr Svetlana AXelrod, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Health and Social Development. Russian Federation

Prof. Adriano Bompiani, Université catholique Polyclinique "A. Gemelli", Rome, Italy

Prof. Christian Byk, International Association of Law, Ethics and Science, member of the French Committee for UNESCO

Prof. Zvonko Magic, Head of Department for Clinical and Experimental Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia

Mrs Kari Steig, Juridical adviser, The Norwegian Directorate for Health and Social Affairs

Dr Michael Stormann, Head of Legislative Unit, Federal Justice Ministry, Austria

 

              15.40 – 16.10 Coffee Break

 

16.10 – 16.30 Facing developments in biology and medicine

Prof. Sadek Beloucif, Chair of Steering Committee of the Biomedicine Agency, France

 

16.30 – 16.50               Challenging fundamental ethical principles

Dr Nancy Berlinger, Deputy Director, The Hastings Center, United States of America

 

16.50 – 17.20 Discussion

 

Closing session

 

Chairs:                            Dr Dubravka Simonovic (Croatia), former Chair of CDBI

                            Dr Wolfgang Wodarg, (Germany), Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the                             Council of Europe 

 

17.20 – 17.40 The Oviedo Convention and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights

Mr Jean Paul Costa, President of the European Court of Human Rights

 

17.40 – 17.50 Concluding remarks

Dr Tina Garani-Papadatos, Chair of the CDBI

 

17.50 – 18.10

Closing

Ambassador, Marjetica Bole, Chairperson of the Ministers’ Deputies of the Council of Europe

Mr Alexander Vladychenko, Director General of Social Cohesion, Council of Europe