Rules and guidelines

The alphabetical index provides links to external documents such as codes, laws, regulations, rules and guidelines. Most documents can be found under both title and author (the latter in italics). In case links lead to a collection of documents this symbol is shown:

A

• Abolition 2000 - International Petition: Missiles to Sunflowers
• ABS-Management Tool (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
• Academic freedom and university autonomy - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1762 (2006) (Council of Europe)
• AcademyHealth: Ethical Guidelines for Managing Conflicts of Interest in Health Services Research
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: Code of Ethics for Researchers
• Acceptance of clinical trials conducted in third countries (EMEA)
• Access and Benefit Sharing: General Observations and Positions (International Chamber of Commerce)
• Access to Essential Medicines Campaign (Medecins Sans Frontieres)
• Access to rights for people with disabilities and their full and active participation in society (Council of Europe)
• ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (Association for Computing Machinery - ACM)
• A code of conduct for editors of biomedical journals (COPE)
• A code of ethics for scientists reporting and reviewing information on chemicals (article by Leon Golberg from the journal Fundamental and Applied Toxicology)
• A Code of Ethics for the fistula surgeon (article in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics)
• The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Resolution on research and sustainable development
• Adaptive innovation, intellectual property and the public interest: How patent extension leads to more, better and safer medicines (IFPMA)
• Advanced Performance and Responsibility Guidelines (European Association of Nuclear Medicine)
• Advancing Human Security: The Role of Technology & Politics (Pugwash Council)
• Advancing Systems Biology for Medical Applications - policy briefing no 35 (European Science Foundation)
• Advice of the IBC on the Patentability of the Human Genome (UNESCO)
• African Network on Ethics, Law and HIV: Dakar Declaration
• AgBio World Foundation: Scientists In Support Of Agricultural Biotechnology
• Agenda 21
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - TRIPS (World Trade Organization - WTO)
• A Human Rights Lawyer's Appeal to Academics, by Joseph Saunders
• The Alzheimer’s Society: Dementia Research (policy position)
• Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World: Charter of Human Responsibilities
• AMC (Holland): Research code of ethics
• American Anthropological Association:
  • Code of Ethics
  • Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology
  • Principles of Professional Responsibility
• American Association for Public Opinion Research: Code of Professional Ethics and Practices
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Ethical and legal aspects of human subjects research on the Internet: a report of a workshop
  • Stem Cell Research and Applications: Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research
• American Association of Tissue Banks: Position Statements and Guidance Documents
• American Chemical Society:
  • The Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct
  • Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research
  • Scientific Insight and Integrity in Public Policy
• American College of Emergency Physicians: Code of Ethics for Emergency Physicians
• American College of Epidemiology: Policy Statement on Sharing Data from Epidemiologic Studies
• American Historical Association: Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct
• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works: Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice
• American Mathematical Society: Ethical Guidelines
• American Medical Association: Code of Medical Ethics
• American Physical Society:
  • Guidelines for Professional Conduct
  • APS Statements
• American Psychological Association: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code Of Conduct
• American Psychological Association, Committee on Animal Research and Ethics - CARE: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
• American Public Health Association: Public Health Code of Ethics
• American Society of Agronomy: Statement of Ethics
• American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG
  • DNA Banking and DNA Analysis: Points to Consider
  • Policy Statements and Reports
  • Statement on Gene Therapy
  • Statement on Stem Cell Research
• American Sociological Association: Code of Ethics
• American Statistical Association: Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice
• Amsterdam treaty (European Union)
• An Appeal from Scientists in Japan to the Scientists and Citizens of the World: Charging Scientists with Moral Responsibility for the New Crisis in Nuclear Proliferation
• A National Action Plan for Human Rights 2006-2009 (Ministry of Justice)
• The Ancillary-Care Obligations of Medical Researchers Working in Developing Countries (Participants in the 2006 Georgetown University Workshop on the Ancillary-Care Obligations of Medical Researchers Working in Developing Countries)
• Animal experimentation and clinical studies: Ethical recommendations to ensure participants’ safety in early drug development (Report of an EFGCP workshop)
• Animal Models — Essential Elements to Address Efficacy Under the Animal Rule (FDA)
• An oath for Bioscientists (Journal of Biomedical Sciences)
• Appeal on the Sixtieth Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (The International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
• Appeal to End the Nuclear Weapons Threat to Humanity (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
• A Practical Guide for Health Researchers (WHO)
• A Public Policy for Science and Technology (The international trade union federation Public Services Internationa - PSI)
• Applied Ethics Case of the Month Club: Recommended Core Ethical Values
• Article 29 Data Protection Working Party:
  • Document index
  • Opinion 4/2007 on the concept of personal data
  • Opinion 2/2009 on the protection of children's personal data
  • Working document on Genetic Data
• A shared statement of ethical principles for those who shape and give health care (Tavistock Group)
• ASME International: Code of Ethics of Engineers
• Assembly of First Nations: First Nations Health Research and Information Action Plan
• Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology: Code of Ethics
• Association for Computing Machinery - ACM:
  • ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
• Association for Medical Ethics: Ethical Rules of Disclosure
• Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. - AAHRPP: Standards and Principles
• Association of American Universities & Association of American Medical Colleges: Protecting Patients, Preserving Integrity, Advancing Health: Accelerating the Implementation of COI Policies in Human Subjects Research
• The Association of Internet Researchers: Ethical decision-making and Internet research
• A Standard for the Scientific and Ethical Review of Trials, ASSERT
• A Theological Framework for Bioethics (Conference of European Churches)

B

• Baguio Declaration of the 2nd Asian Indigenous Women's Conference
• Bandung Declaration on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions, Traditional Knowledge, and Genetic Resources (WIPO)
• The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct
• Bangkok Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology (COMEST)
• The Barcelona Declaration (BIOMED-II Project)
• Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (UN)
• Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (UN)
• BCS Code of Conduct & Code of Good Practice
• Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women
• The Bellagio Declaration (Bellagio Conference on intellectual property)
• Belmont Report (National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, USA)
  • Belmont Report Archive (Office for Human Research Protections)
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
• Bermuda-Quality Sequence - Policies on Release of Human Genomic Sequence Data
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Best Practices for Ensuring Scientific Integrity and Preventing Misconduct (OECD)
• Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a Publisher's Perspective (Blackwell Publishing)
• Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
• Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (The President's Council on Bioethics)
• Biobanks for research (German National Ethics Council)
• Biodiversity Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Innovation in Health (IFPMA)
• Bioethics and its implications worldwide for human rights protection (93rd Inter-Parliamentary Conference)
• Bioethics committees at work: Procedures and policies - Guide book from UNESCO
• Bioethics Declaration of Gijon (International Society of Bioethics - SIBI)
• Bioethics Guidelines on Human Studies (European Nutrigenomics Organisation, NuGO)
• Bioethics, Politics and Business (Nordic Committee on Bioethics)
• Bioethics Publishing Guidelines
• Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
• BIOMED-II Project: The Barcelona Declaration
• Biotechnology and growth, competitiveness and employment (European Parliament)
• Biotechnology Industry Organization - BIO:
  • Statements and opinions
  • Bioethics documents
• Blackwell Publishing: Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a Publisher's Perspective
• Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization (COP Decisions)
• Budapest Declaration (International Union of Food Science and Technology)
• Budapest Open Access Initiative
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)
• Buenos Aires Declaration on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
  • White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
• Business Ethics Pledge

C

• Call for a ban on human reproductive cloning (InterAcademy Panel on International Issues)
• Call for a ban on the genetic alteration of pathogens for destructive purposes (The Council for Responsible Genetics, US)
• Canadian Bioethics Society: Draft Model Code of Ethics for Bioethics
• Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists (Canadian Psychological Association)
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (United Nations & ratifying parties)
• CASRO Code of Standards and Ethics for Survey Research
• The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity: On Human Embryos and Stem Cell Research: An Appeal for Legally and Ethically Responsible Science and Public Policy
• Charter of Ethics (World Nuclear Association)
• The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• Charter of Human Responsibilities (Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World)
• The Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct (American Chemical Society)
• Chiang Mai Declaration: Saving Lives by Saving Plants (WHO/IUCN/WWF)
• Children’s Health Act of 2000 PL 106-310 (USA)
• CIOMS, see: The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
• Civil Law Convention on Corruption (Council of Europe)
• Climos: Elements of a Code of Conduct for Ocean Fertilization Projects
• Clinical investigation of medical products in the pediatric population (ICH)
• Cloning Animals and Humans (Conference of European Churches)
• Code of Conduct (The Ergonomics Society)
• Code of conduct for responsible nanotech research (EU Commission)
  • Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research - 7 principles (EU Commission)
• Code of Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates to Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers (UNESCO)
• Code of Ethics (The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology)
• Code of Ethics (The Endocrine Society)
• Code of Ethics (The European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations)
• Code of Ethics (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations)
• Code of Ethics (International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists)
• Code of Ethics (International Association for Dental Research)
• Code of Ethics (International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees - FIET)
• Code of Ethics (The International Federation of Consulting Engineers)
• Code of Ethics (International Society for Arboriculture)
• Code of Ethics (International Society of Ethnobiology - ISE)
• Code of Ethics (The International Sociological Association)
• Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers)
• Code of Ethics (The National Society of Genetic Counselors)
• Code of Ethics (Society of Nuclear Medicine)
• Code of Ethics (Society of Professional Journalists)
• Code of Ethics (Society of Toxicology)
• Code of Ethics (SRA International)
• Code of Ethics against Misuse of Scientific Knowledge, Research and Resources (International Union of Microbiological Societies)
• Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice (American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works)
• Code of Ethics for Dentists in the European Union (Council of European Dentists)
• Code of Ethics for Emergency Nurses (Emergency Nurses Association)
• Code of Ethics for Emergency Physicians (American College of Emergency Physicians)
• Code of ethics for members of European Association for Health Information and Libraries
• Code of Ethics for Museums (The International Council of Museums - ICOM)
• Code of Ethics for Nurses (International Council of Nurses - ICN)
• Code of Ethics for Occupational Therapists (World Federation of Occupational Therapists - WFOT)
• Code of Ethics for Persons and Institutions Engaged in the Life Sciences (Pugwash)
• Code of Ethics for Pharmacists (International Pharmaceutical Federation - FIP)
• Code of Ethics for Researchers (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
• Code of Ethics of Engineers (ASME International)
• Code of Medical Ethics (American Medical Association)
• Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations)
• Code of professional, social and ethical responsibility for professional and managerial staff (Union Network International, UNI)
• Code of Research Ethics: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
• Codes of Ethics (World Archaeological Congress)
• Collection, Storage, Retrieval and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research - 2008 Best Practices for Repositories (International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories)
• Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Capabilities and Expertise in Support of Efficient and Effective Regulation of Nuclear Power Plants (OECD)
• Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Good Practice and Closure Criteria (OECD)
• Collective Statement of Indigenous Peoples on the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge (Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism)
• Collective Statement on the Role of Research in a Nuclear Regulatory Context (OECD)
• COMEST, see: World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology
• Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
• Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
• Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
• Commission Directive 2003/63/EC amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
• Commission Directive 2005/28/EC laying down principles and detailed guidelines for good clinical practice as regards investigational medicinal products for human use, as well as the requirements for authorisation of the manufacturing or importation of such products
• Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells
• Commission Directive 2009/120/EC of 14 September 2009 amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use as regards advanced therapy medicinal products
• Commission Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and on a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
• Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products - CPMP, EC: Safety Studies for Gene Therapy Products: annex to note for guidance on gene therapy product quality aspects in the production of vectors and genetically modified somatic cells
• Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE:
  • Guidelines
  • Guidelines for retracting articles
  • Guidelines on good publication practice and A code of conduct for editors of biomedical journals
  • How to handle authorship disputes:a guide for new researchers
• Common-Sense Rules for Research Recordkeeping: Keeping a notebook for patent purposes (Jean Lang)
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010
• Computer Ethics Institute: Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
• Conclusions of the workshop on the science and ethics of eugenics, held during the 18th International Congress of Genetics in Beijing, 10-15 August 1998. (International Federation of Human Genetics)
• Conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe (EU Competitiveness Council)
• The conduct of ethical research collaboration across international and culturally diverse communities (Midwifery)
• Conference of European Churches:
  • A Theological Framework for Bioethics
  • Therapeutic Uses of Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells
  • Cloning Animals and Humans
  • Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions
• Conscience Clause for Scientists and Engineers (ILO)
• Consensus Statement on Dignity in Illness, Disability, and Dying and a Response to the UNESCO Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (International Association of Catholic Bioethicists)
• Consensus Statement on stem cells, ethics and law (Hinxton Group)
• Consensus Statement: Science, Ethics and Policy Challenges of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Gametes (Hinxton Group)
• Considerations regarding the Co-existence of GMO, non-GMO and organic farming (Greenpeace)
• CONSORT group: Statement on Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
• Constitution (World Federation of Science Journalists)
• Convention against Corruption (United Nations)
• Convention concerning Safety in the use of Chemicals at Work (International Labour Organization)
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO)
• Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on human rights and biomedicine ETS No. 164 (Council of Europe), see also these additions:
  • Additional Protocol on Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings, ETS No.168
  • Additional Protocol on Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin
  • Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research
  • Opinion No. 202 (1997) on the draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine on the prohibition of cloning human beings (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Opinion No. 252 (2004) on Draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on biomedical research (Parliamentary Assembly)
• Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (Council of Europe)
• Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data, ETS No. 108 (Council of Europe)
• Convention For the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992)
  • Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing: Bonn Guidelines
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (United Nations)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (United Nations)
• Convention on the grant of European Patents - European Patent Convention (European Patent Organisation)
• Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (CWC)
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNHCHR)
• Copyright in the knowledge economy - green paper (EU Commission)
• Copyright Treaty (World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)
• Council for Biotechnology Policy: The Sanctity of Life in a Brave New World
• The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS
  • Declaration of Inuyama - Human Genome Mapping, Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy
  • Drug development research in resource-limited countries
  • Guidelines for Preparing Core Clinical-Safety Information on Drugs
  • International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects
  • International Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Studies
  • International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals
  • Management of Safety Information from Clinical Trials (report)
  • Pharmacogenetics. Towards improving treatment with medicines
• Council for Responsible Genetics, USA:
  • Call for a ban on the genetic alteration of pathogens for destructive purposes
  • The Genetic Bill of Rights
  • Position Paper on Genetic Discrimination
  • Position paper on human germline manipulation
  • Position Statement on Cloning
• Council for Science & Technology, UK: Universal ethical code for scientists
• Council for Secular Humanism: Declaration in Defense of Cloning and the Integrity of Scientific Research
• Council of Europe:
  • Texts and documents - web portal
  • Texts of the Council of Europe on bioethical matters volume I
  • Texts of the Council of Europe on bioethical matters volume II
  • Academic freedom and university autonomy - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1762 (2006)
  • Access to rights for people with disabilities and their full and active participation in society
  • Civil Law Convention on Corruption
  • Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on human rights and biomedicine ETS No. 164 . See also additions below:
    • Additional Protocol on Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings, ETS No.168
    • Additional Protocol on Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin
    • Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research
    • Opinion No. 202 (1997) on the draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine on the prohibition of cloning human beings (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
    • Opinion No. 252 (2004) on Draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on biomedical research (Europarådet - Parliamentary Assembly)
    • Explanatory Report to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine Concerning Biomedical Research
  • Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, see also: Protocol no 12 to the European Convention on human rights
  • Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data, ETS No. 108
  • Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
    • Additional protocol, ETS No. 191
  • Declaration on Banning the Cloning of Human Beings
  • Declaration on equality of women and men
  • Draft Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents
  • European convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
    • Protocol of amendment
  • European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights
  • European Cultural Convention ETS No. 18
  • European Social Charter
  • Order No. 534 (1997) on research and the cloning of human beings (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1046 (1986) on the use of human embryos and foetuses for diagnostic, therapeutic, scientific, industrial and commercial purposes (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1100 (1989) on the use of human embryos and foetuses in scientific research (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1121 (1990) on the rights of children (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1229 (1994) on equality of rights between men and women (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1235 (1994) on psychiatry and human rights (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1468 (2000) Biotechnologies (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1512 (2001) Protection of the Human Genome (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1762 (2006) Academic freedom and university autonomy (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1787 (2007) The precautionary principle and responsible risk management (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1864 (2009) Promoting the participation by children in decisions affecting them
  • Rec(99)4E on principles concerning the legal protection of incapable adults
  • Recommendation (2000) 8 on the research mission of universities
  • Recommendation (2000) 10 on codes of conducts for public officials
  • Recommendation (2003) 10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on xenotransplantation
  • Recommendation (2004) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Convention on Human Rights in university education and professional training
  • Recommendation (2004) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the verification of the compatibility of draft laws, existing laws and administrative practice with the standards laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights
  • Recommendation (2004) 10 on the protection of the human rights and dignity of persons with mental disorder and its Explanatory Memorandum
  • Recommendation (2006) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on research on biological materials of human origin
    • Explanatory Memorandum to the Recommendation on Research on Biological Materials of Human Origin
  • Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Resolution 1273 on Scientific Communication (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Resolution 1352 on Human Stem Cell Research (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • White Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients in a psychiatric establishment (Steering Committee on Bioethics)
• Council of European Dentists: Code of Ethics for Dentists in the European Union
• Council of Science Editors:
  • CSE Policies and Endorsement
  • Recommendations for Group-Author Articles in Scientific Journals and Bibliometric Databases
  • White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications
  • Who's the Author? Problems with Biomedical Authorship, and Some Possible Solutions
• Council on Social Work Education: National Statement on Research Integrity in Social Work
• Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases (OECD book)
• Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (Council of Europe)
• CUDOS Norms

D

• Dakar Declaration (African Network on Ethics, Law and HIV)
• Dakar Declaration (COMEST)
• Data storage and DNA banking: quality issues, confidentiality, informed consent (European Society of Human Genetics)
• Data privacy, medical record confidentiality, and research in the interest of public health (International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology - ISPE)
• Declaration in Defense of Cloning and the Integrity of Scientific Research (Council for Secular Humanism)
• Declaration of Geneva - International Code of Medical Ethics (World Medical Association)
• Declaration of Hamburg - Declaration Concerning Support for Medical Doctors Refusing to Participate in, or to Condone, the Use of Torture or Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (World Medical Association)
• Declaration of Hawaii (World Psychiatric Association - WPA)
• Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (World Medical Association)
  • Clarification on Declaration of Helsinki
  • Workgroup report on the revision of paragraph 30 of the Declaration of Helsinki
• Declaration of Inuyama - Human Genome Mapping, Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy (Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences)
• Declaration of Madrid - Ethics and Psychiatry (World Psychiatric Association)
• Declaration of Oaxaca (UNESCO)
• Declaration of Ottawa on the Rights of the Child to Health Care (World Medical Association)
• Declaration of Paris - Health through Peace (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - IPPNW)
• Declaration of Washington on Biological Weapons (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Databases (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Nuclear Weapons (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Physician Independence and Professional Freedom (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Professional Ethics (International Statistical Institute)
• Declaration on science and the use of scientific knowledge (World Conference on Science)
• Declaration on the Autonomy of Medical Specialist Practice (European Union of Medical Specialists)
• Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations (UNESCO)
• Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (United Nations)
• Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (United Nations)
• Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health, the Doha declaration (World Trade Organization)
• Definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories (International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH)
• Dementia Research (Policy Position from The Alzheimer’s Society)
• Demographic and health surveillance: longitudinal ethical considerations (article in Bulletin of the World Health Organization by M Carrel & S Rennie)
• Detailed guidance on the application format and documentation to be submitted in an application for an Ethics Committee opinion on the clinical trial on medicinal products for human use (EU Commission)
• Development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering (Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament)
• Disabeld People International - DPI
  • Disabled People Speak on the New Genetics - 10 Key Demands
  • Position Paper on Bioethics
  • The Right to Live and be Different
• Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, C111 (International Labour Organization - ILO)
• DNA Banking and DNA Analysis: Points to Consider (American Society of Human Genetics)
• Doha declaration: Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health (World Trade Organization)
• Doing research with refugees -Issues and guidelines (book)
• Draft Checklist of Methodological Research Standards (EMEA)
• Draft Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents
• Draft ENCePP Code of Conduct (EMEA)
• Draft Model Aggregated Code of Ethics for Bioethicists (Robert Baker 2005)
• Draft Model Code of Ethics for Bioethics (Canada)
• Draft World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on bioethics
• Drug development research in resource-limited countries (The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS)

E

• e-Health Ethics Initiative (The Internet Healthcare Coalition)
• Earth Charter
• EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research: Documents library
• Editorial policies (Nature)
• Editorial Policy Statements (Council of Science Editors)
• Educating Bioethics Committees - Guide book no 3 (UNESCO)
• Electronic Standards for the Transfer of Regulatory Information ESTRI (International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH)
• Elements of a Code of Conduct for Ocean Fertilization Projects (Climos)
• Elements of informed consent for pharmacogenetic research; perspective of the pharmacogenetics working group (Pharmacogenetics Working Group)
• EMBO Statement on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the public (European Molecular Biology Organization)
• EMEA - see European Medicines Agency
• Emergency Nurses Association: Code of Ethics for Emergency Nurses
• Emerging Challenges: Nanotechnology and the environment (United Nations)
• The Endocrine Society: Code of Ethics
• Environmental impact of forestry - Guidelines for its assessment in development countries (Food and Agricultute Organization of the United Nations - FAO)
• Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.: Protections for Subjects in Human Research
• The Ergonomics Society: Code of Conduct
• The Erice Declaration - on Communicating Drug Safety Information (International Conference on Developing Effective Communications in Pharmacovigilance)
• Establishing Bioethics Committees - Guide book from UNESCO
• Ethical and legal aspects of human subjects research on the Internet: a report of a workshop (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
• Ethical aspects of biomedical research in developing countries (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies - EU)
• Ethical aspects of clinical research in developing countries (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies - EU)
• Ethical Aspects of Cloning Techniques (The Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB) to the European Commission)
• Ethical Aspects of Genetic Modification of Animals (The Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB) to the European Commission)
• Ethical Aspects of Human Stem Cell Research and Use (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies - EU)
• Ethical aspects of human tissue banking (European Group on the Ethical Implications of Science and new Technologies, EU)
• Ethical Aspects of ICT Implants in the Human Body (European Group on the Ethical Implications of Science and new Technologies, EU)
• Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine (The European Group on Ethics)
• Ethical aspects of patenting inventions involving human stem cells (European Group on the Ethical Implications of Science and new Technologies, EU)
• Ethical Aspects of Research involving the Use of Human Embryo in the Context of the 5th Framework Programme (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, EU)
• Ethical challenges in study design and informed consent for health research in resource-poor settings (WHO report, includes author's ethical recommendations)
• Ethical conduct in international research in midwifery (International Confederation of Midwives)
• Ethical considerations for clinical trials on medicinal products conducted with the pediatric population (European Union)
• Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials (UNAIDS)
• Ethical considerations in HIV preventive vaccine research (UNAIDS)
• Ethical decision-making and Internet research (The Association of Internet Researchers)
• Ethical Guidelines for Biotechnology (Center for Ethics and Toxics in Gualala, California)
• Ethical Guidelines for International Comparative Social Science Research in the framework of MOST (Management of Social Transformations - MOST, UNESCO)
• Ethical Guidelines for Investigations of Experimental Pain in Conscious Animals (International Association for the Study of Pain)
• Ethical Guidelines for Managing Conflicts of Interest in Health Services Research (AcademyHealth)
• Ethical Guidelines for Pain Research in Humans (International Association for the Study of Pain)
• Ethical Guidelines for Research Online (Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Ethics guidelines for research with the recently dead (in Nature Medicine)
• Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice (American Statistical Association)
• Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Human Embryonic or fetal Tissue for Experimental and Clinical Neurotransplantation and Research (Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration - NECTAR)
• Ethical Guidelines of the American Mathematical Society
• Ethical Guidelines of the European Association for Psychotherapy
• Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research (American Chemical Society)
• Ethical issues of healthcare in the information society (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, EU)
• Ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic testing: research, development and clinical applications (European Commission report, Brussels 2004)
• Ethical Principles (World Confederation for Physical Therapy)
• Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code Of Conduct (APA)
• Ethical Rules of Disclosure (Association for Medical Ethics)
• Ethics: A Weapon to Counter Bioterrorism - paper by Margaret A. Somerville and Ronald M. Atlas in Science
• Ethics Guidance for Research (HIV Prevention Trials Network)
• Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists (The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology)
• Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles (International Federation of Social Workers)
• The ethics of characterizing difference: guiding principles on using racial categories in human genetics (article from Genome Biology)
• Ethics of modern developments in agriculture technologies - Opinion no 24 (European Group on Ethics)
• The ethics of research using electronic mail discussion groups (by Debbie Kralik et.al. in Journal of Advanced Nursing 52:5, 537–45)
• Ethics of Science and Technology: explorations of the frontiers of science and ethics (UNESCO book)
• EudraLex - Volume 1 - Pharmaceutical Legislation: Medicinal Products for Human Use
• EudraLex - Volume 3: Scientific guidelines for medicinal products for human use
• EudraLex - Volume 10: Clinical trials guidelines
• EU REACH Enforcement project - Final report 2008 (Nordic Council of Ministers)
• EUREC Declaration - Creation of a European Network of Research Ethics Committees (Conference statement, Brussels, January 2005)
• Europabio:
  • Europabio's core ethical values
  • Position papers
• European Association for Health Information and Libraries: Code of ethics
• European Association for Psychotherapy: Ethical Guidelines
• European Association of Nuclear Medicine: Advanced Performance and Responsibility Guidelines
• European Association of Science Editors: Science Editors' Handbook
• The European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations: Code of Ethics
• The European Conference of National Ethics Committees (COMETH): 8th Conference Declaration on “Meeting the challenges of changing societies”
• European convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes - Protocol of Amendment (Council of Europe)
• European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights (Council of Europe)
• European Cultural Convention ETS No. 18 (Council of Europe)
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA): Pharmacogenetics in Medicinal Product Research and Development, Positon Paper
• European Federation of Psychologists' Associations: Code of Ethics
• European Food Safety Authority: Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare and Environmental Impact of Animals derived from Cloning by Somatic Cell Nucleus Transfer (SCNT) and their Offspring and Products Obtained from those Animals
• European Forum for Good Clinical Practice:
  • EFGCP Guidelines
  • Animal experimentation and clinical studies: Ethical recommendations to ensure participants’ safety in early drug development
  • Guidelines for Retention of Clinical Trial Records at Investigator Study Sites
  • The Procedure for the Ethical Review of Protocols for Clinical Research Projects in the European Union (report)
• The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, European Union:
  • Ethical aspects of biomedical research in developing countries
  • Ethical aspects of clinical research in developing countries
  • Ethical issues of healthcare in the information society
  • Ethical Aspects of Human Stem Cell Research and Use
  • Ethical aspects of human tissue banking
  • Ethical Aspects of ICT Implants in the Human Body
  • Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine
  • Ethical aspects of patenting inventions involving human stem cells
  • Ethical Aspects of Research involving the Use of Human Embryo in the Context of the 5th Framework Programme
  • Ethics of modern developments in agriculture technologies
  • Recommendations on the ethical review of hESC FP7 research projects
• European Medical Research Councils: ESF-EMRC Position on the Proposed Revision of the Directive on the Protection of Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (86/609/EEC) (European Medical Research Councils & the Standing Committee for Medical Sciences at the European Science Foundation)
• European Medical Writers Association:
  • Ghostwriting Guidelines
  • Guidelines on the role of medical writers in developing peer-reviewed publications
• European Medicines Agency - EMEA
  • Human medicines document index
  • EudraVigilance document index
  • EudraLex - Volume 3: Scientific guidelines for medicinal products for human use
  • EudraLex - Volume 10: Clinical trials guidelines
  • Acceptance of clinical trials conducted in third countries
  • Coordination of pre-approval GxP Inspections. Standard Operating Procedure
  • Draft Checklist of Methodological Research Standards
  • Draft ENCePP Code of Conduct
  • Ethical considerations for clinical trials on medicinal products conducted with the pediatric population
  • General Principles: EMEA- FDA Parallel Scientific Advice
  • Good Manufacturing Practice Guide For Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
  • Guideline on Conduct of Pharmacovigilance for Medicines Used by the Paediatric Population
  • Guideline on Missing data in confirmatory clinical trials
  • Guideline on Pharmacogenetics Briefing Meeting
  • Guideline on strategies to identify and mitigate risks for first-inhuman clinical trials with investigational medicinal products
  • Guideline on the investigation of medicinal products in the term and preterm neonate
  • Note for guidance on definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories
  • Note for guidance on general considerations for clinical trials
  • Note for guidance on statistical principles for clinical trials
  • Note for guidance on the quality, preclinical and clinical aspects of gene transfer medicinal products
  • Reflection Paper on Pharmacogenomic Samples, Testing and Data Handling
  • Reflection paper on the use of pharmacogenetics in the pharmacokinetic evaluation of medicinal products
  • Report on the experts round table on the difficulties related to the use of new medicinal products in children
  • Understanding the terminology used in pharmacogenetics
• European Nutrigenomics Organisation - NuGO: Bioethics Guidelines on Human Studies
• European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC:
  • Policies and Legal Aspects
  • EORTC Tissue Research Policy
• European Patent Convention (European Patent Organisation)
• European Research Advisory Board:
  • Research and Societal Engagement
  • “Science and Society”: An agenda for a responsive and responsible European science in FP7
  • Scientific Publication: Policy on Open Access
• European Research Council: Guidelines for Open Access
• European Science Foundation
  • Policy briefings, including:
    • Advancing Systems Biology for Medical Applications - policy briefing no 35
    • The Future of European Science and Technology Policy - policy briefing no 6
    • Genetically modified plants - policy briefing no 12
    • Good Scientific Practice in Research and Scholarship - policy briefing no 10
    • Human stem cell research: scientific uncertainties and ethical dilemmas - policy briefing no 18
    • Open Access: Restoring Scientific Communication to its Rightful Owners - policy briefing no 21
    • Population Surveys and Biobanking - Policy Briefing 32
    • Research Integrity: global responsibility to foster common standards - Policy Briefing no 30
    • Research on Infectious Diseases - policy briefing no 24
    • Rheumatic Diseases: A Major Challenge for European Research and Health Care - policy briefing no 26
    • Science Communication in Europe - policy briefing no 20
    • Scientific Forward Look on Nanomedicine - policy briefing no 23
    • Statement on the Green Paper on European space policy - policy briefing no 22
    • Structural Medicine: the importance of Glycomics for Health and Disease - policy briefing no 27
    • Use of animals in research - policy briefing no 9
  • ESF-EMRC Position on the Proposed Revision of the Directive on the Protection of Animals Used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (86/609/EEC) (European Medical Research Councils & the Standing Committee for Medical Sciences at the European Science Foundation)
  • Peer Review - Its present and future state (Conference Report)
  • Stewards of Integrity – Institutional Approaches to Promote and Safeguard Good Research Practice in Europe
• European Social Charter (Council of Europe)
• European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research, ESOMAR:
  • Tape and video recording and client observation of interviews and group discussions
  • ICC/ESOMAR International Code of Marketing and Social Research Practice
• European Society of Human Genetics: Professional and Public Policy Committee
  • Document index
  • Data storage and DNA banking: quality issues, confidentiality, informed consent
  • The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (European Commission, European Society of Human Genetics and European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)
  • Recommendations on Patenting and licensing in genetic testing: ethical, legal and social issues
• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology: The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (with European Commission and European Society of Human Genetics)
• European Space Policy (European Union)
• European Union of Medical Specialists: Declaration on the Autonomy of Medical Specialist Practice
• European Union, see also the particular institutions working within the EU
  • Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Amsterdam treaty
  • The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
  • Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010
  • Sixth European Community environment programme: towards sustainability
  • The Commission
    • EudraLex - Volume 1 - Pharmaceutical Legislation: Medicinal Products for Human Use
    • EudraLex - Volume 3: Scientific guidelines for medicinal products for human use
    • EudraLex - Volume 10: Clinical trials guidelines
    • Code of conduct for responsible nanotech research
      • Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research - 7 principles
    • Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
    • Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
    • Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
    • Commission Directive 2003/63/EC amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
    • Commission Directive 2003/94/EC of 8 October 2003 laying down the principles and guidelines of good manufacturing practice in respect of medicinal products for human use and investigational medicinal products for human use
    • Commission Directive 2005/28/EC laying down principles and detailed guidelines for good clinical practice as regards investigational medicinal products for human use, as well as the requirements for authorisation of the manufacturing or importation of such products
    • Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells
    • Commission Directive 2006/86/EC of 24 October 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
    • Commission Directive 2009/120/EC of 14 September 2009 amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use as regards advanced therapy medicinal products
    • Commission Recommendation of 18 June 2007 on guidelines for the accommodation and care of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
    • Commission Recommendation on the management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer activities and Code of Practice for universities and other public research organisations
    • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 of 24 July 1995 implementing rules on the agricultural exemption provided for in Article 14 (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights
    • Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Enhancing the patent system in Europe
    • Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010
    • Copyright in the knowledge economy - green paper
    • Decision of 23 February 2004 laying down detailed arrangements for the operation of the registers for recording information on genetic modifications in GMOs, provided for in Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
    • Detailed guidance on the application format and documentation to be submitted in an application for an Ethics Committee opinion on the clinical trial on medicinal products for human use
    • Development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering (Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament)
    • EUREC Declaration - Creation of a European Network of Research Ethics Committees (Conference statement, Brussels, January 2005)
    • European Space Policy
    • From the ethics of technology towards an ethics of knowledge policy & knowledge assessment
    • Green paper - Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union
    • Green Paper - European Space Policy. COM/2003/0017 final
    • The Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB) to the European Commission
      • Ethical Aspects of Cloning Techniques
      • Ethical Aspects of Genetic Modification of Animals
    • Guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming
    • Improving knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry across Europe: Voluntary guidelines for universities and other research institutions to improve their links with industry across Europe
    • The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (European Commission, European Society of Human Genetics and European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)
    • Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009. First Implementation Report 2005-2007
    • Nanotechnologies: A Preliminary Risk Analysis on the Basis of a Workshop Organized in Brussels on 1-2 March 2004 by the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission
    • Proposal for a council regulation on the community patent
    • Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
      • The need for non-human primates in biomedical research,
        production and testing of products and devices (Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks - SCHER)
    • Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and on a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
    • Regulatory Aspects of Nanomaterials. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee
    • Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publications markets in Europe
    • Survey on opinions from national ethics committees or similar bodies, public debate and national legislation in relation to human embryonic stem cell research and use: Volume II, Countries acceding to the EU, countries associated to FP6 and third countries - European Commission report, September 2003
    • The role of the universities in the Europe of knowledge (Commucication)
    • 25 recommendations on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic testing
  • European Parliament & the Council
    • Biotechnology and growth, competitiveness and employment
    • Conclusions on 2 December 2003 on Medical Devices
    • Conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe (EU Competitiveness Council)
    • Council Joint Action 2008/307/CFSP of 14 April 2008 in support of World Health Organisation activities in the area of laboratory bio-safety and bio-security in the framework of the European Union Strategy against the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
    • Decision of 17 November 2003 on the accession of the European Community to the Codex Alimentarius Commission
    • Decision 2004/597/EC of 19 July 2004 approving the accession of the European Community to the International Plant Protection Convention, as revised and approved by Resolution 12/97 of the 29th Session of the FAO Conference in November 1997
    • Decision 2004/644/EC of 13 September 2004 adopting implementing rules concerning Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data
    • Decision 2004/869/EC of 24 February 2004 concerning the conclusion, on behalf of’ the European Community, of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
    • Decision of 30 May 2005 approving the accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as revised at Geneva on 19 March 1991
    • Declaration of the European Parliament on the use of primates in scientific experiments
    • Directive 76/207/ECC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions
    • Directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
    • Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms
    • Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
    • Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market
    • Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions
    • Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs
    • Directive 2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
    • Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
    • Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms
    • Directive 2001/20/EC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the implementation of good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use
    • Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
    • Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
    • Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications).
    • Directive 2004/9/EC on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (Codified version)
    • Directive 2004/10/EC on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances (codified version)
    • Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
      • Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells
      • Commission Directive 2006/86/EC of 24 October 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
    • Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
    • Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights
    • Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market
    • Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms
    • Equality roadmap. European Parliament resolution of 13 March 2007 on a roadmap for equality between women and men (2006-2010)
    • Planned egg cell trade. European Parliament resolution on the trade in human egg cells
    • Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (text adopted by the Parliament may 2009)
    • Recommendation 84/635/EEC of 13 December 1984 on the promotion of positive action for women
    • Regulation No 2309/93 of 22 July 1993 laying down Community procedures for the authorization and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
    • Regulation No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights
    • Regulation No 258/97 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients
    • Regulation No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data
    • Regulation No 6/2002 on Community designs
    • Regulation No 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety
    • Regulation No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed
    • Regulation No 1946/2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms
    • Regulation No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency
    • Regulation No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed
    • Regulation No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
    • Regulation No 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
    • Regulation No 1902/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 amending Regulation 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use
    • Regulation No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
    • Regulation No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
    • Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items
    • Report on equality between women and men in the European Union (Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality)
    • Report on regulatory aspects of nanomaterials (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety)
    • Report on the ethical, legal, economic and social implications of human genetics (Temporary Committee on Human Genetics and Other New Technologies in Modern Medicine)
    • Resolution on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on equality between women and men in the European Union (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on equality between women and men in the European Union - 2007 (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on human cloning
    • Resolution on Major and Neglected Diseases in Developing Countries
    • Resolution on nanosciences and nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: A role for the European Parliament (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on patents for biotechnological inventions
    • Resolution on regulatory aspects of nanomaterials (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on science and technology - Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research
    • Resolution on the Commission Communication on Biotechnology and the White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment: Preparing the Next Stage (COM(94)0219 - C4-0246/94)
    • Resolution on the ethical and legal problems of genetic engineering (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on the follow-up of the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (2007)
    • Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine
    • Resolution on the trade in human egg cells
    • Resolution on the TRIPS Agreement and access to medicines (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child (European Parliament)
    • Resolution of 21 May 2008 on women and science (European Parliament)
  • Other
    • Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Patients' rights’(2008/C 10/18)
• European Union of Medical Specialists: Declaration on the Autonomy of Medical Specialist Practice
• European University Association: Graz Declaration on The Role of Universities - to 2010 and Beyond
• Evaluation and Recommendations on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Guidelines for Phase I–III Clinical Trials (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Exception from informed consent requirements for emergency research (U.S. Food & Drug Administration)
• Explanatory Memorandum to the Recommendation on Research on Biological Materials of Human Origin (Council of Europe)
• Explanatory Report to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine Concerning Biomedical Research (Council of Europe)

F

• FAO -Food and Agricultute Organization of the United Nations
  • Code of Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates to Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • Environmental impact of forestry - Guidelines for its assessment in development countries
  • FAO Pesticide Management Guidelines
  • Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • International Code of Conduct for Plant Germplasm Collecting and Transfer
  • International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • The Legal Framework for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources (FAO)
  • List of Standards and other related texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission - Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
• Federal Policy on Research Misconduct (USA)
• Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations - FELASA: Policy documents & Recommendations
• Final Communiqué on "The dignity of human procreation and reproductive technologies. Anthropological and ethical aspects" (Vatican)
• Financial Relationships and Interests in Research Involving Human Subjects: Guidance for Human Subject Protection (applies to all human subjects research conducted or supported by HHS agencies or regulated by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA)
• First Nations Health Research and Information Action Plan (Assembly of First Nations May 2005)
• Food and Drug Administration, US:
  • Guidance Documents
  • Amendments Act of 2007
  • Animal Models — Essential Elements to Address Efficacy Under the Animal Rule
  • Exception from informed consent requirements for emergency research
  • General Principles: EMEA- FDA Parallel Scientific Advice
  • Nanotechnology: A Report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force July 25, 2007
• Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare and Environmental Impact of Animals derived from Cloning by Somatic Cell Nucleus Transfer (SCNT) and their Offspring and Products Obtained from those Animals (European Food Safety Authority)
• Freedom, Responsibility and Universality of Science (Booklet from Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science of the International Council for Science - ICSU)
• From the ethics of technology towards an ethics of knowledge policy & knowledge assessment (EU Commission)
• From Understanding to Action: Community-Based Options for Improving Safety and Security in Synthetic Biology
• Future action in the field of patents (Resolution from European Parliament)
• The Future of European Science and Technology Policy - Policy Briefing no 6 (European Science Foundation)

G

• General Medical Council, United Kingdom: Making and Using Visual and Audio Recordings of Patients
• General Principles: EMEA- FDA Parallel Scientific Advice
• Genetically modified plants - Policy Briefing no 12 (European Science Foundation)
• The Genetic Bill of Rights (Council for Responsible Genetics)
• Genetic databases - Assessing the benefits and the impact on human & patient rights (WHO)
• Genetic Inventions, Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Practices: Evidence and Policies (OECD)
• Genetic privacy and non-discrimination (United Nations)
• German National Ethics Council: Biobanks for research
• Ghostwriting Guidelines (European Medical Writers Association)
• Global Compact - 9 Principles (United Nations)
• Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• Good Clinical Laboratory Practice - GCLP (WHO)
  • Evaluation and Recommendations on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Guidelines for Phase I–III Clinical Trials (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Good Clinical Practice (International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH)
  • Coordination of pre-approval GxP Inspections. Standard Operating Procedure (EMEA)
• Good Epidemiological Practice - IEA guidelines for proper conduct in epidemiological research (International Epidemiological Association)
• Good Laboratory Practice, see Principles of...
• Good Manufacturing Practice Guide For Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products - EMEA)
• Good Pharmacy Practice (International Pharmaceutical Federation - FIP)
• Good Publication Practice guidelines for pharmaceutical companies
• Good Research Practice - What Is It? (Swedish Research Council)
• Good Scientific Practice in Research and Scholarship - policy briefing no 10 (European Science Foundation)
• Grafeneck Declaration on Bioethics (Studies on the History of 'Euthanasia')
• Graz Declaration on The Role of Universities - to 2010 and Beyond (European University Association)
• Green Paper - European Space Policy. COM/2003/0017 final (European Commission)
• Greenpeace:
  • Considerations regarding the Co-existence of GMO, non-GMO and organic farming
  • The True Cost of Gene Patents. The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living Organisms
• Guidance document on the recognition, assessment, and use of clinical signs as humane endpoints for experimental animals used in safety evaluation (OECD)
• Guidance for Investigators and Institutional Review Boards Regarding Research Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Germ Cells and Stem Cell-Derived Test Articles (Office for Human Research Protections, U.S.)
• Guidance on narrative research (Article in Medical Education by T Greenhalgh & T Wengraf)
• Guidance on Research Involving Coded Private Information or Biological Specimens (OHRP, HHS, United States)
• Guideline for obtaining informed consent for the procurement and use of human tissues, cells and fluids in research (WHO)
• Guideline on Conduct of Pharmacovigilance for Medicines Used by the Paediatric Population (European Medicines Agency - EMEA)
• Guideline on Missing data in confirmatory clinical trials (EMEA)
• Guideline on Pharmacogenetics Briefing Meetings (EMEA)
• Guideline on strategies to identify and mitigate risks for first-inhuman clinical trials with investigational medicinal products (EMEA)
• Guideline on the investigation of medicinal products in the term and preterm neonate (EMEA)
• Guidelines and Recommendations for European Ethics Committees (European Forum for Good Clinical Practice)
• Guidelines Concerning Computerized Personal Data Files (United Nations)
• Guidelines for a Code of Ethics for Dental Publications (World Dental Federation - FDI )
• Guidelines for Conducting Ethical Socio-Economic Research (RESPECT Project, European Union)
  • An EU Code of Ethics for Socio-Economic Research (RESPECT Project Report)
• Guidelines for Engineers Dissenting on Ethical Grounds (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -IEEE)
• Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Participant Observation (University of Toronto)
• Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals (American Psychological Association's Committee on Animal Research and Ethics - CARE)
• Guidelines for ethical research collaboration across international and culturally diverse communities (International Confederation of Midwives)
• Guidelines for Ethical Treatment of Animals in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research (ISAE - International Society for Applied Ethology)
• Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for Trials on Pharmaceutical Products (World Health Organization -WHO)
• Guidelines for Good Epidemiology Practices for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiologic Research
• Guidelines for Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practices (International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology)
• Guidelines for Medical Doctors Concerning Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment [Tokyo Declaration] (World Medical Association)
• Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD)
• Guidelines for Open Access (European Research Council)
• Guidelines for Preparing Core Clinical-Safety Information on Drugs (CIOMS)
• Guidelines for Professional Conduct (American Physical Society)
• Guidelines for quotation & other academic uses of excerpts (International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers)
• Guidelines for research (Scientific and Ethical Review Group, SERG, WHO)
• Guidelines for research ethics in science and technology (The National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology, The Research Council of Norway)
• Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities (The national committee for research ethics in the social sciences and the humanities, The Research Council of Norway)
• Guidelines for Research in Partnership with Developing Countries: 11 Principles (Swiss Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries)
• Guidelines for Retention of Clinical Trial Records at Investigator Study Sites (European Forum for Good Clinical Practice)
• Guidelines for retracting articles (COPE)
• Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells (ISSCR)
• Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (The International Society for Stem Cell Research)
• Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Tropical Timber Production Forests (International Tropical Timber Organization)
• Guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming (European Commission)
• Guidelines for the Licensing of Genetic Inventions (OECD)
• Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems (OECD)
• Guidelines of Professional Ethics (Society for Economic Botany)
• Guidelines on good publication practice and A code of conduct for editors of biomedical journals (Committee on Publication Ethics)
• Guidelines on science and health communication (Social Issues Research Centre)
• Guidelines on Systematic Reviews of Genetic Association Studies (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (OECD)
• Guidelines on the role of medical writers in developing peer-reviewed publications (European Medical Writers Association)
• Guidelines produced by the FIGO Committee for The Study of Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health (The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - FIGO)

H

• The Hamburg Call To Action (The World Future Council, May 13, 2007)
• Handbook for Good Clinical Research Practice (WHO)
• Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology (American Anthropological Association)
• Harvard Medical School, USA: Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
• Hawaii declaration (World Psychiatric Association - WPA)
• The "Heart of the Peoples" Declaration (North American Indigenous Peoples Summit on Biological Diversity and Biological Ethics)
• Helsinki Declaration (World Medical Association)
  • Clarification on Declaration of Helsinki
  • Workgroup report on the revision of paragraph 30 of the Declaration of Helsinki
• Hinxton Group:
  • Consensus Statement on stem cells, ethics and law
  • Consensus Statement: Science, Ethics and Policy Challenges of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Gametes
• Hippocratic Oath for Scientists, Engineers, and Executives
• Hippocratic Oath
  • Lasagna Oath
• HIV Prevention Trials Network: Ethics Guidance for Research
• How to handle authorship disputes:a guide for new researchers (COPE)
• Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (President's Council on Bioethics)
• Human Genetic Data: Preliminary Study by the IBC on its Collection, Processing, Storage and Use (UNESCO)
• Human Genome Organisation - HUGO
  • HUGO Statement on the Patenting of DNA Sequences
  • HUGO Statement on Patenting Issues Related to Early Release of Raw Sequence Data
  • HUGO Statement on Pharmacogenomics (PGx): Solidarity, Equity and Governance
  • HUGO Statement on the Scope of Gene Patents, Research Exemption and Licensing of Patented Gene Sequences for Diagnostics
  • Statement on benefit-sharing
  • Statement on Cloning
  • Statement on DNA Sampling: Control and Access
  • Statement on Gene Therapy Research
  • Statement on Human Genomic Databases
  • Statement on Stem Cell Research
  • Statement on the Principled Conduct of Genetics Research
• Human Pesticide Experiments, June 2005, Prepared for Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Henry A. Waxman, U.S. Congress
• Human stem cell research: scientific uncertainties and ethical dilemmas - Policy Briefing no 18 (European Science Foundation)
• Humboldt Pledge, also called A graduation pledge of social and environmental responsibility

I

• The IASB Code of Conduct for Best Practices in Gene Synthesis (International Association of Synthetic Biology)
• ICH: see International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
• IEEE Code of Ethics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE)
• IEEE Policy and Procedures Manual (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE)
• “The Ilulissat Statement” - Synthesizing the Future: A vision for the convergence of synthetic biology and nanotechnology (Kavli Futures Symposium ‘The merging of bio and nano: towards cyborg cells’, 11-15 June 2007, Ilulissat, Greenland)
• IMIA Code of Ethics for Health Information Professionals (International Medical Informatics Association)
• Implementation of the universal declaration on the human genome and human rights (UNESCO resolution)
• Improving knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry across Europe: Voluntary guidelines for universities and other research institutions to improve their links with industry across Europe (EU Commission)
• Improving the dialogue with society on scientific issues (OECD)
• The Inclusion International principles (Inclusion International)
• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (International Labour Organisation)
• The Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism - IPCB:
  • Ukupseni Declaration, Kuna Yala on the Human Genome Diversity Project
  • Collective Statement of Indigenous Peoples on the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
  • Indigenous Research Protection Act
• INES Appeal to Engineers and Scientists (International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility)
• Informed Consent Template for Research Involving Children (Qualitative Studies) (WHO)
• Innovation and Public Health, Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE
  • Guidelines for Engineers Dissenting on Ethical Grounds
  • IEEE Code of Ethics
  • IEEE Policy and Procedures Manual
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook (Office of laboratory Animal Welfare, US)
• Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions (The Vatican)
• Intensified Networking on Ethics of Science - The Case of Reproductive Cloning, Germline Gene Therapy and Human Dignity (A report from The Budapest Meeting 2005)
• InterAcademy Panel on International Issues
  • Call for a ban on human reproductive cloning
  • Interacademy Panel Statement on Biosecurity
  • Science and Technology and the Future of Cities
  • Transition to Sustainability in the 21st Century: The Contribution of Science and Technology
• InterAction Council: A Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities
• The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (European Commission, European Society of Human Genetics and European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)
• Interim Guidelines on Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of HIV Information (UNAIDS)
• International Association of Bioethics: London Declaration for Freedom of Discussion in Bioethics
• International Association of Catholic Bioethicists: Consensus Statement on Dignity in Illness, Disability, and Dying and a Response to the UNESCO Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
• International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists: Code of Ethics
• International Association for Dental Research: Code of Ethics
• International Association for the Study of Pain
  • Ethical Guidelines for Investigations of Experimental Pain in Conscious Animals
  • Ethical Guidelines for Pain Research in Humans
• International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers:
  • Statements
  • Guidelines for quotation & other academic uses of excerpts
• International Association of Synthetic Biology: The IASB Code of Conduct for Best Practices in Gene Synthesis
• International Bioethics Committee, IBC:
  • Advice of the IBC on the Patentability of the Human Genome
  • Human Genetic Data: Preliminary Study by the IBC on its Collection, Processing, Storage and Use
  • On Consent. Report of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC)
  • Report of the IBC on Ethics, Intellectual Property and Genomics
  • Report of the IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance
  • Report of the IBC on Solidarity and International Co-operation between Developed and Developing Countries concerning the Human Genome
  • The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Therapeutic Research
  • Working Document on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity
• The International Campaign to Revitalise Academic Medicine
• International Cancun Declaration of Indigenous Peoples
• International Chamber of Commerce:
  • Access and Benefit Sharing: General Observations and Positions
  • International Code on Marketing and Social Research Practice
• International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (WHO)
• International Code of Conduct for Plant Germplasm Collecting and Transfer (FAO - Food and Agricultute Organization of the United Nations )
• International Code of Ethics For Midwives (International Confederation of Midwives)
• International Code on Marketing and Social Research Practice (International Chamber of Commerce)
• International Code of Medical Ethics (World Medical Association)
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors:
  • Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals
  • Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
• International Confederation of Midwives:
  • International Code of Ethics For Midwives
  • Ethical conduct in international research in midwifery
  • Guidelines for ethical research collaboration across international and culturally diverse communities
• International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH
  • Topics and Guidelines
  • Clinical investigation of medical products in the pediatric population
  • Definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories
  • Electronic Standards for the Transfer of Regulatory Information ESTRI
  • Good clinical practice
• International Conference on Islamic Medicine: Islamic Code of Medical Professional Ethics
• International convention for the protection of new varieties of plants (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants - UPOV)
• International Council for Science - ICSU:
  • Access to Databases: A Set of Principles for Science in the Internet Era
  • Freedom in the Conduct of Science
  • Freedom, Responsibility and Universality of Science (Booklet from Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science)
  • Gene Patenting
  • Statement on promoting the integrity of science and the scientific record (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
  • Statement on publication practices and indices and the role of peer review in research assessment (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
  • Universality of Science in a Changing World
  • Use of Animals in Research and Education
  • The Value of Basic Scientific Research
• The International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA:
  • Position on TRIPs and the Environment
  • Principles for Risk Based Decision Making - Policy Paper
  • Sustainable development and the chemical industry
• The International Council of Museums - ICOM:
  • Code of Ethics for Museums
  • Declarations and Statements
• International Council of Nurses - ICN
  • Code of Ethics for Nurses
  • Position Statements
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (United Nations)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (United Nations)
• International Declaration on Human Genetic Data (IBC, UNESCO)
• International Epidemiological Association: Good Epidemiological Practice - IEA guidelines for proper conduct in epidemiological research
• International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS)
• International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (An Islamic Perspective) (Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences)
• International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science: IFBLS Code of Ethics
• International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees - FIET: Code of Ethics
• International Federation of Consulting Engineers: Code of Ethics
• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - FIGO: Guidelines produced by the FIGO Committee for The Study of Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health
• International Federation of Human Genetics: Conclusions of the workshop on the science and ethics of eugenics, held during the 18th International Congress of Genetics in Beijing, 10-15 August 1998
• International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, IFPMA:
  • Research and Development for Neglected Diseases: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges
  • Adaptive innovation, intellectual property and the public interest: How patent extension leads to more, better and safer medicines
  • Joint Position on the Disclosure of Clinical Trial Information via Clinical Trial Registries and Databases
  • Biodiversity Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Innovation in Health
• International Federation of Social Workers - IFSW: Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles
• International Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Studies (The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS)
• International Guidelines for Forest Monitoring (IUFRO)
• International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (CIOMS 1985)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development: ABS-Management Tool
• International Labour Organization - ILO
  • Conscience Clause for Scientists and Engineers
  • Constitution
  • Convention concerning Safety in the use of Chemicals at Work
  • Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, C111
  • Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention
• International Medical Informatics Association: IMIA Code of Ethics for Health Information Professionals
• International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, INES:
  • INES Appeal to Engineers and Scientists
  • Appeal on the Sixtieth Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• International Pharmaceutical Federation - FIP
  • Policy Statements
  • Code of Ethics for Pharmacists
  • Good Pharmacy Practice
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - IPPNW
  • Declaration of Paris - Health through Peace
  • Nürnberger Kodex (1997)
• International Principles Of Ethics For The Dental Profession (World Dental Federation)
• International Seed Federation: Position Papers
• International Society for Applied Ethology: Guidelines for Ethical Treatment of Animals in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research
• International Society for Arboriculture: Code of Ethics
• International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories - ISBER: Collection, Storage, Retrieval and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research - 2008 Best Practices for Repositories
• International Society for Environmental Epidemiology: Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists
• International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology - ISPE:
  • Data privacy, medical record confidentiality, and research in the interest of public health
  • Guidelines for Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practices
• International Society for Stem Cell Research:
  • Position Statements
  • Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells
• International Society of Bioethics - SIBI: Bioethics Declaration of Gijon
• International Society of Ethnobiology - ISE: Code of Ethics
• International Society of Nurses in Genetics: Position Statements
• International Sociological Association: Code of Ethics
• International Statistical Institute: Declaration on Professional Ethics
• The International trade union federation Public Services International - PSI: A Public Policy for Science and Technology
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• International Tropical Timber Organization: Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Tropical Timber Production Forests
• International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants - UPOV: International convention for the protection of new varieties of plants
• International Union of Food Science and Technology: Budapest Declaration
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations:
  • International Guidelines for Forest Monitoring
  • Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy – Guidance for Scientists and Research Organizations
• International Union of Microbiological Societies: Code of Ethics against Misuse of Scientific Knowledge, Research and Resources
• The Internet Healthcare Coalition: e-Health Code of Ethics
• Investigating Research Misconduct Allegations in International Collaborative Research Projects (OECD)
• Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance (United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies)
• Islamic Code of Medical Professional Ethics (International Conference on Islamic Medicine)
• Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences: International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (An Islamic Perspective)
• The Italian Scientific Antivivisection Committee: Manifesto for the protection of our genetic heritage

J

• Joint Position on the Disclosure of Clinical Trial Information via Clinical Trial Registries and Databases (IFPMA)

K

• Kobe Declaration (The World Psychiatric Association)
• Kyoto protocol

L

• Lasagna Oath
• The Legal Framework for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources (FAO)
• Legislation on Biotechnology in the Nordic Countries - an overview 2006 (Nordic Committee on Bioethics)
• Leipzig Declaration on conservation and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources)
• Lima Declaration against Corruption (8th International Conference Against Corruption 1997)
• Lisbon declaration, see Declaration on the Rights of the Patient (WMA)
• London Declaration for Freedom of Discussion in Bioethics (International Association of Bioethics)
• The Lund Declaration

M

• Madrid Declaration on Ethical Standards for Psychiatric Practice (World Psychiatric Association - WPA)
• The Magna Charta of University
• Making and Using Visual and Audio Recordings of Patients (General Medical Council, United Kingdom)
• Management of Safety Information from Clinical Trials (CIOMS report)
• Managing Allegations of Scientific Misconduct: A Guidance Document for Editors (Office of Research Integrity, USA)
• Manifesto for the protection of our genetic heritage (The italian Scientific Antivivisection Committee)
• Manukan Declaration of the Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network (IWBN)
• The Market Research Society: Code of Conduct and Guidelines
• Medecins Sans Frontieres: Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
• Medical Ethics Manual (World Medical Association)
• Medical Genetics and Biotechnology: Implications for Public Health "Draft guidelines on bioethics" (World Health Organization - WHO)
• Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter
• Mexico Statement on Health Research - Knowledge for better health: strengthening health systems (WHO)
• Missiles to Sunflowers: International Petition (Abolition 2000)
• Model Ethical Protocol for Collecting DNA Samples (North American Regional Committee of the Human Genome Diversity Project)
• Model Nuclear Weapons Convention
• Model Oath for the New Physician (American Medical Student Association)
• Monaco Statement: Considerations on Bioethics and the Rights Of The Child (International Symposium "Bioethics And The Rights Of The Child" Monaco, 28-30 April 2000)
• Moral Issues of Human-Non-Human Primate Neural Grafting (article in Science)

N

• Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009. First Implementation Report 2005-2007 (EU Commission)
• Nanotechnologies: A Preliminary Risk Analysis on the Basis of a Workshop Organized in Brussels on 1-2 March 2004 by the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission
• Nanotechnology: A Report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force July 25, 2007
• Nanotechnologies and ethics: policies and actions (COMEST)
• National Association of Social Workers (US):
  • Code of Ethics
  • Standards for integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice
• National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, USA: Belmont Report
• The National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology, The Research Council of Norway: Guidelines for research ethics in science and technology
• The National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, The Research Council of Norway: Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities
• National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, US: Documents regarding the oversight of dual use life sciences research
• National Society of Genetic Counselors, US: Code of Ethics
• National Statement on Research Integrity in Social Work (The Council on Social Work Education - US)
• Nature: Editorial policies
• Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration - NECTAR: Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Human Embryonic or fetal Tissue for Experimental and Clinical Neurotransplantation and Research
• Nightingale Pledge
• Nordic Committee on Bioethics:
  • Bioethics, Politics and Business
  • The Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research, 2000
  • Legislation on Biotechnology in the Nordic Countries - an overview 2006
  • Pgd and Embryo Selection - Report from an International Conference on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Embryo Selection
• Norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights (United Nations)
• North American Regional Committee of the Human Genome Diversity Project: Model Ethical Protocol for Collecting DNA Samples
• Note of guidance on clinical investigation of medicinal products in the paediatric population (EMEA)
• Note for guidance on definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories (EMEA)
• Note for guidance on general considerations for clinical trials (EMEA)
• Note for guidance on statistical principles for clinical trials (EMEA)
• Note for guidance on the quality, preclinical and clinical aspects of gene transfer medicinal products (EMEA)
• Notes on cloning (The Vatican)
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation:
  • Appeal to End the Nuclear Weapons Threat to Humanity
  • Appeal on the Sixtieth Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• The Nuremberg Code
• Nürnberger Kodex (1997) (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - IPPNW)

O

• The Oath of Hippocrates
• The Oath of Prometheus
• Observations on the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (Vatican)
• OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
  • Best Practices for Ensuring Scientific Integrity and Preventing Misconduct (OECD)
  • Biosafety
  • Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Capabilities and Expertise in Support of Efficient and Effective Regulation of Nuclear Power Plants
  • Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Good Practice and Closure Criteria
  • Collective Statement on the Role of Research in a Nuclear Regulatory Context
  • Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases (book)
  • Environmental Policies and Instruments
  • Genetic Inventions, Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Practices: Evidence and Policies
  • Guidance document on the recognition, assessment, and use of clinical signs as humane endpoints for experimental animals used in safety evaluation
  • Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
  • Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and a guide to it issued by among others the Swedish Government
  • Guidelines for the Licensing of Genetic Inventions
  • Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems
  • Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data
  • Improving the dialogue with society on scientific issues
  • Investigating Research Misconduct Allegations in International Collaborative Research Projects
  • OECD Best Practice Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres
  • OECD Declaration and Decisions on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises
  • OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding
  • OECD's Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals
  • Preserving Biodiversity and Promoting Biosafety (Policy Brief)
  • Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service
  • Principles of Good Laboratory Practice
    • Accepted by the European Union
  • Recommendation on Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases
• Office for Human Research Protections, US:
  • Guidance for Investigators and Institutional Review Boards Regarding Research Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Germ Cells and Stem Cell-Derived Test Articles
  • Guidance on Research Involving Coded Private Information or Biological Specimens
• Office of laboratory Animal Welfare, US: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
• Office of Research Integrity - ORI, US:
  • Managing Allegations of Scientific Misconduct: A Guidance Document for Editors
  • ORI Guidelines for Institutions and Whistleblowers: Responding to Possible Retaliation Against Whistleblowers in Extramural Research
  • Sample Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct
• On Consent. Report of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC)
• On Human Embryos and Stem Cell Research: An Appeal for Legally and Ethically Responsible Science and Public Policy (The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity)
• Open Access: Restoring Scientific Communication to its Rightful Owners - Policy briefing no 21 (European Science Foundation)
• Open Knowledge - A proposed adaptation of Open Science, focusing on guidelines for knowledge claims (Scientists for Global Responsibility)
• Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees That Review Biomedical Research (World Health Organization)
• Opinion 4/2007 on the concept of personal data (Article 29 data protection working party, EU)
• Opinion 2/2009 on the protection of children's personal data (Article 29 Data Protection Working Party)
• Opinion from The Nordic Committee on Bioethics based on the Workshop "Ethical issues in human stem cell research", 10-11 October, 2000. (Nordic Committee on Bioethics)
• Oral History Evaluation Guidelines (Oral History Association)
• Order No. 534 (1997) on research and the cloning of human beings (Council of Europe)
• ORI Guidelines for Institutions and Whistleblowers: Responding to Possible Retaliation Against Whistleblowers in Extramural Research (Office of Research Integrity, USA)
• Ottawa statement: Principles for international registration of protocol information and results from human trials of health related interventions

P

• Paris Appeal of scientists in favour of biodiversity (the scientific committee of the International Conference Biodiversity: Science and Governance)
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• Parliament of the World's Religions: Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic
• Participatory action research: considerations for ethical review (article by Khanlou & Peter)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty with regulations (World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)
• Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions (Conference of European Churches)
• Patent Law Treaty (WIPO)
• Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality (World Medical Association)
• Peer Review - Its present and future state (Conference Report from the European Science Foundation)
• Pgd and Embryo Selection - Report from an International Conference on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Embryo Selection (Nordic Council of Ministers)
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: Principles on Clinical Trials
• Pharmacogenetics. Towards improving treatment with medicines (Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS)
• Pharmacogenetics in Medicinal Product Research and Development, Positon Paper (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, EFPIA)
• Pharmacogenetics Working Group: Elements of informed consent for pharmacogenetic research; perspective of the pharmacogenetics working group
• Philadelphia Consensus Statement to make the fruits of university research available in the developing world
• Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology - PSRAST: Declaration
• Planned egg cell trade. European Parliament resolution on the trade in human egg cells
• Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment (Harvard Medical School. USA)
• Policy on Ethics (Society for Neuroscience)
• Policy on Risk Based Decision Making (International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA)
• Policy paper on research for health (Pan American Health Organization, WHO)
• Policy Statement on Animal Research (The Society for Neuroscience, SfN)
• Policy Statement on Sharing Data from Epidemiologic Studies (American College of Epidemiology)
• Policy Statements (The World Association of Medical Editors)
• Population Surveys and Biobanking - Policy Briefing 32 (European Science Foundation)
• Position on Human Germline Genetic Modification (World Transhumanist Association)
• Position on TRIPs and the Environment (The International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA)
• Position Paper on Bioethics (Disabled Peoples' International)
• Position Paper on Genetic Discrimination (Council for Responsible Genetics, USA)
• Position paper on human germline manipulation (Council for Responsible Genetics, USA)
• Position Statement on Cloning (Council for Responsible Genetics, USA)
• Position statement regarding the use of animals in toxicology (Society of Toxicology)
• The Precautionary Principle - report from COMEST (World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology)
• Preserving Biodiversity and Promoting Biosafety (OECD Policy Brief)
• President's Council on Bioethics (US):
  • Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
  • Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
• Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service (OECD)
• Principles for Risk Based Decision Making - Policy Paper (International council of chemical associations - ICCA)
• Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (OECD)
• Principles of Medical Ethics (World Health Organization)
• Principles of Professional Responsibility (American Anthropological Association)
• Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health
• Principles on Clinical Trials (Pharmaceutical Research and manufacturers of America)
• PRISMA Statement: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
• The Procedure for the Ethical Review of Protocols for Clinical Research Projects in the European Union (report from European Forum for Good Clinical Practice)
• The Process of Obtaining Informed Consent (WHO)
• Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation (World Medical Association)
• Professional Responsibility for Standards of Medical Care (World Medical Association)
• Proposal for a council regulation on the community patent (European Union - The Commission)
• Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (EU Commission)
  • The need for non-human primates in biomedical research,
    production and testing of products and devices (Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks - SCHER)
  • Protection of animals used for scientific purposes (text adopted by the Parliament may 2009)
• Proposed international guidelines on ethical issues in medical genetics and genetic services (World Health Organization)
• Protecting Patients, Preserving Integrity, Advancing Health: Accelerating the Implementation of COI Policies in Human Subjects Research (Association of American Universities & Association of American Medical Colleges)
• Protections for Subjects in Human Research (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Publication guidelines for improvement studies in health care (The SQUIRE development group)
• Public Health Code of Ethics (American Public Health Association)
• Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct (USA)
• Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (Elsevier)
• Pugwash:
  • Advancing Human Security: The Role of Technology & Politics
  • Code of Ethics for Persons and Institutions Engaged in the Life Sciences
  • The Russell-Einstein Manifesto
• Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence against Women (WHO)

Q

R

• Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative (EGI)
• Rec(99)4E on principles concerning the legal protection of incapable adults (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1046 (1986) on the use of human embryos and foetuses for diagnostic, therapeutic, scientific, industrial and commercial purposes (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1100 (1989) on the use of human embryos and foetuses in scientific research (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1121 (1990) on the rights of children (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1213 (1993) on developments in biotechnology and the consequences for agriculture (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1229 (1994) on equality of rights between men and women (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1235 (1994) on psychiatry and human rights (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1468 (2000) Biotechnologies (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1512 (2001) Protection of the Human Genome (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Recommendation 1762 (2006) Academic freedom and university autonomy (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Recommendation 1787 (2007) The precautionary principle and responsible risk management (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Recommendation 1864 (2009) Promoting the participation by children in decisions affecting them (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation (2000) 8 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the research mission of universities
• Recommendation (2003) 10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on xenotransplantation
• Recommendation (2004) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Convention on Human Rights in university education and professional training
• Recommendation (2004) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the verification of the compatibility of draft laws, existing laws and administrative practice with the standards laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights
• Recommendation (2004) 10 on the protection of the human rights and dignity of persons with mental disorder and its Explanatory Memorandum
• Recommendation (2006) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on research on biological materials of human origin
• Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (UNESCO)
• Recommendation on Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases (OECD)
• Recommendation on the management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer activities and Code of Practice for universities and other public research organisations (European Union)
• Recommendations for Group-Author Articles in Scientific Journals and Bibliometric Databases (Council of Science Editors)
• Recommendations on Patenting and licensing in genetic testing: ethical, legal and social issues (European Society of Human Genetics)
• Recommendations on the ethical review of hESC FP7 research projects (European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission)
• Recommendations on the Status of Scientific Researchers (UNESCO 1974)
• Recommendations concerning xenotransplantation (WHO)
• Recommended Core Ethical Values (Applied Ethics Case of the Month Club)
• Recommended guidelines for studies of human subjects with spinal cord injury (article in Spinal Cord)
• Reflection Paper on Pharmacogenomic Samples, Testing and Data Handling (European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products)
• Reflection paper on the use of pharmacogenetics in the pharmacokinetic evaluation of medicinal products (European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products)
• Reflections on cloning (Vatikanen)
• Regulatory Aspects of Nanomaterials. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee (European Union)
• Report by the Director-General on the Drawing up of a Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics (UNESCO)
• Report of WHO Consultation on Xenotransplantation (World Health Organization)
• Report of the IBC on Ethics, Intellectual Property and Genomics (International Bioethics Committee)
• Report of the IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance (International Bioethics Committee)
• Report of the IBC on Solidarity and International Co-operation between Developed and Developing Countries concerning the Human Genome (International Bioethics Committee)
• Report on equality between women and men in the European Union (Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality)
• Report on regulatory aspects of nanomaterials (European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety)
• Report on the experts round table on the difficulties related to the use of new medicinal products in children (European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products - EMEA)
• Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
• Research and Development for Neglected Diseases: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges (IFPMA)
• Research and Societal Engagement (European Research Advisory Board)
• Research code of ethics (AMC - Holland)
• Research ethics guidelines for internet research (National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social sciences and the Humanities, Norway)
• Research Ethics Recommendations for Whole-Genome Research: Consensus Statement (article in PLOS Biology)
• Research Integrity: global responsibility to foster common standards - Science Policy Briefing 30 (European Science Foundation)
• Research on Infectious Diseases - policy briefing no 24 (European Science Foundation)
• Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption (Council of Europe )
• Resolution 1273 on Scientific Communication (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Resolution 1352 on Human Stem Cell Research (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Resolution on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 (European Parliament)
• Resolution on Cloning (European Parliament)
• Resolution on equality between women and men in the European Union (European Parliament)
• Resolution on human cloning (European Parliament)
• Resolution on nanosciences and nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (European Parliament)
• Resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: A role for the European Parliament (European Parliament)
• Resolution on patents for biotechnological inventions (European Parliament)
• Resolution on research and sustainable development (The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly)
• Resolution on science and technology - Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research (European Parliament)
• Resolution on the ethical and legal problems of genetic engineering (European Parliament)
• Resolution on The Non-Commercialisation of Human Reproductive Material (World Medical Association)
• Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (European Parliament)
• Resolution on the responsibility of physicians in the denunciation of acts of torture or cruel or inhuman or degrading treatment of which they are aware (WMA)
• Resolution on the trade in human egg cells (European Parliament)
• The RESPECT Code of Practice
  • An EU Code of Ethics for Socio-Economic Research (RESPECT Project Report)
• Responsible care status report (International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA)
• Responsible Conduct Regarding Scientific Communication (Society for Neuroscience)
• Rheumatic Diseases: A Major Challenge for European Research and Health Care - policy briefing no 26 (European Science Foundation)
• The Right to Live and be Different (Disabled Peoples' International)
• Rights of young people to information and informed consent (Standing Committee of European Doctors)
• Rigour, respect and responsibility: A universal ethical code for scientists (Department of Trade & Industry, UK)
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
• Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology (UNESCO, COMEST)
• The role of the universities in the Europe of knowledge (Commucication from European Commission)
• Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (PIC Convention)
• The Russell-Einstein Manifesto (Pugwash)

S

• Safety Studies for Gene Therapy Products: annex to note for guidance on gene therapy product quality aspects in the production of vectors and genetically modified somatic cells ((Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products - CPMP, EU)
• Sample Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct (Office of Research Integrity, USA)
• The Sanctity of Life in a Brave New World (Council for Biotechnology Policy)
• Science Agenda - Framework for Action (World Conference on Science)
• Science and Peace (United Nations)
• “Science and Society”: An agenda for a responsive and responsible European science in FP7 (European Research Advisory Board)
• Science and Technology and the Future of Cities - A Statement by seventy-two of the World's Scientific Academies, June 1996
• Science Communication in Europe - Policy briefing no 20 (European Science Foundation)
• Science Editors' Handbook (European Association of Science Editors)
• Scientific and Ethical Review Group (SERG), WHO: Guidelines for research
• Scientific Forward Look on Nanomedicine - policy briefing no 23 (European Science Foundation)
• Scientific Insight and Integrity in Public Policy (American Chemical Society)
• Scientific Publication: Policy on Open Access (European Research Advisory Board)
• Scientists' and Engineers' Pledge To Renounce Weapons of Mass Destruction (International campaign from various U.S. Organizations)
• Scientists for Global Responsibility: Open Knowledge - A proposed adaptation of Open Science, focusing on guidelines for knowledge claims
• Scientists In Support Of Agricultural Biotechnology (AgBio World Foundation)
• Sharing Data from Large-scale Biological Research Projects: A System of Tripartite Responsibility (Wellcome Trust)
• Social Issues Research Centre: Guidelines on science and health communication
• Social Research Association: Ethical Guidelines (UK)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
• Society for Adolescent Medicine: Code of Research Ethics
• Society for Economic Botany - Guidelines of Professional Ethics
• Society for Neuroscience:
  • Guidelines & Policies
  • Policy on Ethics
  • Policy Statement on Animal Research
  • Responsible Conduct Regarding Scientific Communication
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: SETAC Code of Ethics
• Society of Nuclear Medicine: Code of Ethics
• Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics
• Society of Toxicology
  • Code of Ethics
  • Position statement regarding the use of animals in toxicology
• Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Association for Computing Machinery - ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Task Force on Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practices)
• SRA International: Code of Ethics
• St Vincent Declaration - on diabetes research in Europe
• Standards Board of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association: Standards, Guidelines and Procedures
• Standards for integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice (The National Association of Social Workers - NASW)
• Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD)
• Standing Committee of European Doctors:
  • Policy index
  • Rights of young people to information and informed consent
  • Statement on Unethical drugs testing
  • Testing medicinal products on incapacitated patients
• Statement of Ethics (American Society of Agronomy)
• Statement of Forest Principles: Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
• Statement of Principles (Biotechnology Industry Organization - BIO)
• Statement on Academic Sanctions or Boycotts (World Medical Association)
• Statement on benefit-sharing (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on Cloning (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on DNA Sampling: Control and Access (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on Gene Therapy (American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG)
• Statement on Gene Therapy Research (Human Genome Organisation)
• Statement on Genetics and Medicine (World Medical Association)
• Statement on Human Genomic Databases (Human Genome Organisation, Ethics Committee)
• Statement on Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality (World Medical Association)
• Statement on promoting the integrity of science and the scientific record (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
• Statement on publication practices and indices and the role of peer review in research assessment (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
• Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct (American Historical Association)
• Statement on Stem Cell Research (The American Society of Human Genetics)
• Statement on Stem Cell Research (Human Genome Organisation)
• Statement on the Green Paper on European space policy - Policy briefing no 22 (European Science Foundation)
• Statement on the Principled Conduct of Genetics Research (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on Unethical drugs testing (Standing Committee of European Doctors)
• Stem Cell Patents: European Patent Law and Ethics Report (University of Nottingham)
• Stem Cell Research - Report (House of Lords, UK)
• Stem Cell Research and Applications - Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research (American Association for the Advancement of Science and Institute for Civil Society)
• Stewards of Integrity – Institutional Approaches to Promote and Safeguard Good Research Practice in Europe (European Science Foundation)
• STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology - STROBE Statement
• STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA) — An Extension of the STROBE Statement (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Structural Medicine: the importance of Glycomics for Health and Disease - policy briefing no 27 (European Science Foundation)
• Student Pugwash USA - Pledge
• Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publications markets in Europe (European Commission DG Research)
• Survey on opinions from national ethics committees or similar bodies, public debate and national legislation in relation to human embryonic stem cell research and use: Volume II, Countries acceding to the EU, countries associated to FP6 and third countries - European Commission report, September 2003
• Surveying and evaluating ethical review practices - A complementary guideline to the operational guidelines for ethics committees that review biomedical research (WHO)
• Sustainable development and the chemical industry (International council of chemical associations - ICCA)
• Swedish Research Council: Good Research Practice - What Is It?
• Swiss Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries: Guidelines for Research in Partnership with Developing Countries: 11 Principles
• The Sydney Declaration: Good Research Drives Good Policy and Programming - A Call to Scale Up Research

T

• The Talloires Declaration (University Leaders for a Sustainable Future)
• Tape and video recording and client observation of interviews and group discussions (European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research, ESOMAR)
• Tavistock Group: A shared statement of ethical principles for those who shape and give health care
• Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics (Computer Ethics Institute)
• Testing medicinal products on incapacitated patients (Standing Committee of European Doctors)
• TestSmart - A Humane and Efficient Approach to SIDS Data: Recommendations
• The Tehran Statement on Bioethics (UNESCO)
• Therapeutic Uses of Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells (Conference of European Churches)
• The True Cost of Gene Patents. The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living Organisms (Greenpeace)
• Toronto International Data Release Workshop: Prepublication data sharing (article in Nature)
• Toronto Resolution
• Tokyo Declaration: Guidelines for Medical Doctors Concerning Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment
• Transition to Sustainability in the 21st Century: The Contribution of Science and Technology. (InterAcademy Panel on International Issues)
• Treaty establishing the European Community
• Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)
• TRIPs - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (World Trade Organization - WTO)
• 25 recommendations on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic testing (European Commission)

U

• Ukupseni Declaration, Kuna Yala on the Human Genome Diversity Project (The Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism - IPCB)
• UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS:
  • Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials
  • Ethical considerations in HIV preventive vaccine research
  • Interim Guidelines on Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of HIV Information
  • Statement and Recommendations on Scaling up HIV Testing and Counselling
• Uncensored exchange of scientific results (various journals)
• Understanding the terminology used in pharmacogenetics (EMEA)
• UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, see also International Bioethics Committee
  • Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers
  • Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the Operational Guidelines to this convention
  • Convention For the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  • Declaration of Oaxaca
  • Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations
  • Ethical Guidelines for International Comparative Social Science Research in the framework of MOST (Management of Social Transformations - MOST)
  • The Ethics and Politics of Nanotechnology
  • Ethics of Science and Technology: explorations of the frontiers of science and ethics (book)
  • Guide books for Bioethics Committees:
    • Establishing Bioethics Committees - Guide book no 1
    • Bioethics committees at work: Procedures and policies - Guide book no 2
    • Educating Bioethics Committees - Guide book no 3
  • International Declaration on Human Genetic Data
  • Implementation of the universal declaration on the human genome and human rights (resolution)
  • Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel
  • Recommendations on the Status of Scientific Researchers
  • Report by the Director-General on the Drawing up of a Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics
  • Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology (COMEST)
  • The Tehran Statement on Bioethics
  • Universal Copyright Convention
  • Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
  • Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
• UNHCHR - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Convention on the Rights of the Child
• UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
• Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
• Union Network International, UNI: Code of professional, social and ethical responsibility for professional and managerial staff
• United Nations
  • Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary
  • Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
  • Convention against Corruption
  • Convention on Biological Diversity
    • Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing: Bonn Guidelines
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
  • Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
  • Emerging Challenges: Nanotechnology and the environment
  • Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Genetic privacy and non-discrimination
  • Global Compact - 9 Principles
  • Guidelines Concerning Computerized Personal Data Files
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance (UN University's Institute of Advanced Studies)
  • Norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights
  • Principles of Medical Ethics Relevant to the Protection of Prisoners Against Torture (1983)
  • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
  • Science and Peace
  • Standard rules [Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities]
  • Statement of Forest Principles: Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
  • Universal declaration of Human Rights
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Regulatory & Scientific Guidances
• United States Patent and Trademark Office: Utility Examination Guidelines
• Universal Copyright Convention (UNESCO)
• Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic (Parliament of the World's Religions)
• Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities (InterAction Council)
• Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations)
• Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UNESCO)
• Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (UNESCO)
• Universal Ethical Code for Scientists (Council for Science & Technology, UK)
• University Leaders for a Sustainable Future: The Talloires Declaration
• University of Toronto: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Participant Observation
• Uppsala Code of Ethics for Scientists
• Use of animals in research - policy briefing no 9 (European Science Foundation)
• The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Therapeutic Research (International Bioethics Committee)
• Utility Examination Guidelines (United States Patent and Trademark Office)

V,W

• Vancouver rules: See Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
• The Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science
• Washington Declaration on Biological Weapons (World Medical Association)
• Vatican - Pontifical Academy for Life & Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  • Concluding Communiqué on the "Ethics of Biomedical Research. For a Christian Vision"
  • Declaration on the production and the scientific and therapeutic use of the human embryonic stem cells
  • Final Communiqué on "The dignity of human procreation and reproductive technologies. Anthropological and ethical aspects" (Vatican)
  • Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions
  • Notes on cloning
  • Observations on the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
  • Prospects for Xenotransplantation - Scientific Aspects and Ethical Considerations
  • Reflections on cloning
  • Statement of the Holy See on Human Cloning addressed to the United Nations
• Wellcome Trust: Sharing Data from Large-scale Biological Research Projects: A System of Tripartite Responsibility
• The WFEO Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers (World Federation of Engineering Organisations - WFEO)
• The WFEO Model Code of Ethics (The World Federation of Engineering Organisations)
• White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications (Council of Science Editors)
• White Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients in a psychiatric establishment (Council of Europe, Steering Committee on Bioethics)
• Who's the Author? Problems with Biomedical Authorship, and Some Possible Solutions (Council of Science Editors)
• Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle
• Voluntary Moratorium On Cloning Human Beings (Society for Developmental Biology)
• Working document on Genetic Data (Article 29 Data Protection Working Party)
• Working Document on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity (International Bioethics Committee)
• Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy – Guidance for Scientists and Research Organizations (IUFRO)
• World Archaeological Congress: Codes of Ethics
• World Association of Medical Editors: Policy Statements
• World Association of Opinion and Marketing Research Professionals: Codes and Guidelines
• World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology, COMEST:
  • Bangkok Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology
  • Dakar Declaration
  • Nanotechnologies and ethics: policies and actions
  • Summary Report on Recommendations Adopted at the Sixth Ordinary Session
  • The Precautionary Principle - report
• World Confederation for Physical Therapy: Ethical Principles
• World Conference on Science
  • Declaration on science and the use of scientific knowledge
  • Science Agenda - Framework for Action
• World Dental Federation - FDI:
  • Statements
  • International Principles Of Ethics For The Dental Profession
  • Guidelines for a Code of Ethics for Dental Publications
• World Federation of Engineering Organisations - WFEO: The WFEO Model Code of Ethics
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists - WFOT: Code of Ethics for Occupational Therapists
• World Federation of Science Journalists: Constitution
• World Future Council: The Hamburg Call To Action
• World Health Assembly: see World Health Organization - WHO
• World Health Organization - WHO
  • A Practical Guide for Health Researchers
  • Ethical challenges in study design and informed consent for health research in resource-poor settings (WHO report, includes author's ethical recommendations)
  • Ethical considerations arising from vaccine trials
  • Genetic databases - Assessing the benefits and the impact on human & patient rights
  • Good Clinical Laboratory Practice - GCLP
  • Guideline for obtaining informed consent for the procurement and use of human tissues, cells and fluids in research (SERG)
  • Guidelines and Resources for Submitting a Research Proposal
  • Guidelines for good clinical practice (GCP) for trials on pharmaceutical products [currently under revision]
    • Handbook for Good Clinical Research Practice
  • Guidelines for research (SERG)
  • Indigenous peoples & participatory health research
  • Informed Consent Template for Research Involving Children (Qualitative Studies)
  • Innovation and Public Health, Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
  • International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
  • Medical Genetics and Biotechnology: Implications for Public Health "Draft guidelines on bioethics"
  • Mexico Statement on Health Research - Knowledge for better health: strengthening health systems
  • Operational Guidelines for Ethics Committees That Review Biomedical Research
    • Surveying and evaluating ethical review practices - A complementary guideline to the operational guidelines for ethics committees that review biomedical research
  • Policy paper on research for health (Pan American Health Organization)
  • Principles of Medical Ethics
  • The Process of Obtaining Informed Consent
  • Proposed international guidelines on ethical issues in medical genetics and genetic services
  • Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence against Women
  • Recommendations concerning xenotransplantation
  • Report of WHO Consultation on Xenotransplantation
  • WHO’s role and responsibilities in health research. Draft WHO strategy on research for health
• World Heritage Convention: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
  • Operational Guidelines for the Convention (UNESCO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO
  • Treaties administered by WIPO
  • Bandung Declaration on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions, Traditional Knowledge, and Genetic Resources
  • Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
  • Copyright Treaty
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty, with accompanying regulations
  • WIPO-UNEP Study on the Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the Sharing of Benefits Arising from the Use of Biological Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
• World Medical Association - WMA
  • Policy index
  • Declaration of Hamburg - Declaration Concerning Support for Medical Doctors Refusing to Participate in, or to Condone, the Use of Torture or Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
  • Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects
    • Clarification on Declaration of Helsinki
    • Workgroup report on the revision of paragraph 30 of the Declaration of Helsinki
  • Declaration of Ottawa on the Rights of the Child to Health Care
  • Declaration of Washington on Biological Weapons
  • Declaration on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Databases
  • Declaration on Nuclear Weapons
  • Declaration on Physician Independence and Professional Freedom
  • Declaration on Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation
  • Declaration on the Rights of the Patient
  • Guidelines for Medical Doctors Concerning Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment [Tokyo declaration]
  • International Code of Medical Ethics - Declaration of Geneva
  • Medical Ethics Manual
  • Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation
  • Professional Responsibility for Standards of Medical Care
  • Resolution on The Non-Commercialisation of Human Reproductive Material
  • Resolution on the responsibility of physicians in the denunciation of acts of torture or cruel or inhuman or degrading treatment of which they are aware
  • Statement on Academic Sanctions or Boycotts
  • Statement on Genetics and Medicine
  • Statement on Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality
• World Nuclear Association: Charter of Ethics
• World Psychiatric Association - WPA
  • Declaration of Hawaii
  • Kobe Declaration
  • Madrid Declaration on Ethical Standards for Psychiatric Practice
• World Trade Organization - WTO
  • Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health, the Doha declaration
• World Transhumanist Association: Position on Human Germline Genetic Modification

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