The objective of this international Conference, organised on 24-25 October 2017, under the auspices of the Czech Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, was to examine the relevance of the principles laid down in the Oviedo Convention with regard to developments in the biomedical field and possible human rights challenges raised by such developments.

The report, prepared by the Conference General Rapporteur, in cooperation with the rapporteurs of the different sessions,  summarised the key points of the presentations and discussions. On that basis,  it confirms the reference value of the principles laid down in the Convention at international level and underlines the areas for action proposed to address the challenges for human rights raised in particular by scientific and technological developments. All these elements will be used as a basis for the preparation by the Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe, in 2018-2019, of the Strategic Action Plan to respond to these challenges.