Meetings with National Bioethics Commissions
Trilateral meeting, June 2007
Trilateral meeting with Nationaler Ethikrat and Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique in London
June 2007
The Council hosted the first ‘trilateral’ meeting with the Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique (the national ethics committee for France) and the Nationaler Ethikrat (the national ethics committee for Germany) on 4 June 2007. The three organisations discussed ethical issues raised by biometrics, the role and contribution of ethics advisory bodies, and rationing healthcare resources. Download a note of the meeting
Meeting with Nationaler Ethikrat in Berlin
April 2006
Meeting with DNE, April 2006
The German Nationaler Ethikrat hosted this year's bilateral meeting with the Council in Berlin. The topics discussed were the ethical issues surrounding neuroscience and those relating to the possible availability of complete personal genome sequencing.
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Meeting with French Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique in Paris
January 2006
Members of Council visited the French Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique to discuss two topics of common interest: the ethics of neuroscience and the use of bioinformation for forensic purposes. Download a note of the meeting
Meeting with CCNE, Jan 2006
Meeting with French Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique in London
February 2005
The Council welcomed members of the French Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique to London in July. The topics discussed included genetic screening and the risk of blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Meeting with DNE, July 2004
Meeting with Nationaler Ethikrat in London
July 2004
The Council welcomed members of the German Nationaler Ethikrat to London in July. Discussion during the day covered reproductive and therapeutic cloning, the ethics of public health, and the use of genetic testing in employment.
Meeting with CCNE, Nov 2003
Meeting with French Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique in Paris
November 2003
The Council held the first of an annual bi-lateral meeting with the French Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique in Paris in November, on the ethics of public health. Case studies on vaccination and the storage of tissue samples in databanks allowed a comparison between different perspectives in France and the UK.
Last Updated Mon, 9 July 2007