UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights
Fostering the Art of Convergence and Cooperation in Global Ethics
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The Ethics of Beauty and Human Life
A recent publication of of Studia Bioethica explores the relationship between ethics, bioethics and the aesthetic dimension. This is an area of interest of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights. In this number, there were 11 original contributions in...
Hong Kong Workshop speakers list
We have finalized the speakers list for the Hong Kong Workshop and conference on Human Rights and Multiculturalism. Open session lecturers and moderators Denis Chang, Senior Counsel, Denis Chang’s Chambers, Hong Kong. Henk ten Have, Professor and Director, Center for...
UNESCO Chair Promotes new Bioethics Diploma in Mexico
The School of Medicine of the Anahuac University of Mayab in Mexico was recently proud to announce its new Diploma in Bioethics in cooperation with the Rome-based UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights. The course, beginning in November 2012, offers a bioethics...
UNESCO Chair joins Mexico´s National Academy of Bioethics to hold 8th Annual International Congress on Clinic Practice of Bioethics
This December, the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights will join The Mexican National Academy of Bioethics and to host the VIII International Congress on the clinical practice of bioethics in the Anahuac University of the North of Mexico City. Leading experts...
Annual Report of 2011-2012
Executive summary Some of the outcomes and results related to our objective of promoting an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation on bioethics and human rights are the following: Improvement of communication regarding the project of...
UNESCO Chair Director of Medical Students Presents at International Neuroethics Society Meeting
Dominique J. Monlezun, UNESCO Chair Director for Medical Student Research, led his research team’s poster presentation at the International Neuroethics Society (INS) Annual Meeting this past October 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Monlezun´s team articulated an...
Consciousness and Neuroethics: Brain, Body, Mind and Environment Interactions
Interdisciplinary workshop on Neuroethics On May 2-4, a small group of philosophers, theologians, physicians, scientists, lawyers, and bioethicists gathered to discuss the work of the first few chapters of Walter Glannon’s book Brain, Body, and Mind: Neuroethics with...
Consciousness and the end of life issues
The Neurobioethics Group published their first article, "Consciousness and the end of life issues: a multi and interdisciplinary proposal by the Neurobioetica Research and Study Group in Rome" in the Proceedings of the Conference of the National Forensic and Legal...
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