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Baku to host International Conference â€œBioethics, Human Rights and New Technologies: legal and ethical aspects of reproductive health and family planningâ€

08 April 2009 10:47 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Viktoria Dementieva â€“ APA. International Conference â€œBioethics, Human Rights and New Technologies: legal and ethical aspects of reproductive health and family planningâ€ will be held in Baku on June 17-19, APA reports quoting UNESCO Moscow Office. The Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan in close cooperation with the Azerbaijan Medical Association and with the support of the UNESCO Moscow Office will organize the conference.
The aim of the Conference is to discuss modern problems in the field of human rights related to the rapid developments in science and technology and ethical issues raised by the rapid advances in science, including the problems of reproductive health and family planning, which should be examined with due respect to the dignity of the human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The Ombudspersons from different countries, the representatives of the international organizations, members of Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan, international and national experts in the field of human rights, bioethics and ethics of science and technology, representatives of academic community, governmental institutions, intergovernmental organizations, major research institutes and non-governmental organizations, members of National Bioethics Committees of CIS countries, members of local and regional ethics committees will participate at the Conference.