HUMAN DIGNITY AND INTERNATIONAL BIOMEDICAL STANDARDS – AN OUTLINE OF THE ISSUES Cover Image

GODNOŚĆ CZŁOWIEKA A MIĘDZYNARODOWE STANDARDY BIOMEDYCZNE – ZARYS PROBLEMATYKI
HUMAN DIGNITY AND INTERNATIONAL BIOMEDICAL STANDARDS – AN OUTLINE OF THE ISSUES

Author(s): Lidia Brodowski
Subject(s): International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: human dignity; an obligation to protect the dignity of a human being; biomedicine; biomedical law;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with references to human dignity in international biomedical law standards. It contains reflections on the contemporary understanding of the concept of dignity of a human being, and an analysis of acts of international law, adopted on both a universal and regional level, which refer to the obligation to respect this dignity. It presents the challenges and threats posed by modern biomedicine and the importance of the obligation to protect human dignity, which should be a barrier to the broadly understood instrumentalization of the human being.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 11-22
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish