Organ Trafficking and Transplantation: Human Rights Crisis
As a non-governmental organization with UN consultative status, IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics interacts in various ways with diverse UN bodies including the Office of the Gender Advisor of the Secretary General (OSAGI), the Human Rights Committee, Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
On June 6, 2006 Dr. Ana Lita, Director …

Annual Conference, Is There a Global Bioethics? Moral, Legal, and International Norms in Bioscience
Date: Friday-Sunday, April 21-23, 2006
Location: 777 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017
Taking a broad and cross-disciplinary approach to addressing medical and bio-technological issues in contemporary society, conference topics include ethics and religion, humanist and ethical views on science and the public, and the development of biotechnology and its ethical implications. Through paper presentations and panel discussions, the …