Seventeenth World Humanist Congress Date: June 6-8, 2008 Location: Washington, DC IHEU in association with member organization American Humanist Association held the 17th World Humanist Congress in Washington, DC, USA on June 6-8, 2008. The Congress theme was E Pluribus Unum: Reclaiming Humanist Values. On Saturday, June 7, 2008 – IHEU Appignani Center for Bioethics [...]
17th World Humanist Congress 2008 - Speakers and Topics from the Congress "The Enlightenment and Secular Humanist Biopolitics in Coming Decades" James J. Hughes Ph.D. Executive Director, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Professor of Health and Public Policy, Trinity College “Who owns you? Rights to Genetic Information,” David Koepsell J.D./Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, SUNY [...]
Annual Conference, New Dilemmas in Medicine: Three Current Controversies in Genetics, Religion, and Big Pharma Date: Friday, May 23, 2008, 9:30 AM-6:45 PM Location: 777 UN Plaza 2nd floor New York, NY 10017. IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics and Bioethics International, both headquartered in New York City held a conference on ethical dilemmas arising in genetics, [...]
UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 52nd Session: The Impact of Obstetric Fistula and Economic Empowerment Date: Monday, March 3, 2008, 11:45 AM-1:15 PM Location: 777 United Nations Plaza 10th floor New York, NY 10017 On March the 3rd, 2008, at 777 United Nations Plaza, 10th Floor, the IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics, the [...]
In Collaboration with the UN and the Council of Europe: Organ Transplantation and Organ Trafficking Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 6:00-8:00PM Location: 777 UN Plaza 2nd Floor New York, NY 10017 The IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics in NYC co-sponsored by the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women [...]
Annual Conference, Human Rights for the 21st Century: Rights of the Person to Technological Self-Determination Date: Friday to Sunday, May 11-13, 2007 Location: 777 UN Plaza 2nd Floor New York City, NY 10017 The IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics and The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies presented Human Rights for the 21st Century: Rights of [...]
UN Commission on the Status of Women 51st Session (CSW): Health and Empowerment and the Impact of HIV/AIDS Epidemic Worldwide and Female Genital Mutilation in African Diaspora Communities Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2007, 12:00 -1:45 PM Location: 777 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017 The panel discussed the health and empowerment of women, focusing on [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal Date: September 9, 2005, 1:15 – 2:45 PM Location: United Nations Dr. Robert Buckman, chair of the Advisory Board, and Ana Lita, Director of the IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics, participated in the DPI/NGO conference at the United Nations entitled “Our Challenge: Voices for Peace, Partnerships and Renewal” [...]
