The Project of “Protection of Human Rights in Biomedicine I” is the first cooperation project in the sphere of protection of Human Rights in Biomedicine in Armenia.

The Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine of the Council of Europe (The Oviedo Convention) is the only legally binding international instrument establishing framework applicable both to day-to-day medicine and to new technologies in the biomedical field.

The Project aims to raise awareness on and facilitate implementation of the European human rights’ and ethical standards in the field of biomedicine, such as informed consent for any medical intervention, protection of private life and right to information, non-discrimination, including on the basis of genetic heritage, prohibition of financial gain in transplantation.

Ethical Rules for Healthcare Professionals (with ENG subtitles)

Human rights and bioethics in times of COVID-19

25/05/2023

Remarks of the Minister of Health of the RA on the launching event of the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Armenia 2023-2026

 

14/03/2022 | Ministry of Health

Interview with Laurence Lwoff,  Head of the Bioethics Division of the Council of Europe,on adopted ethical rules for healthcare professionals


11/02/2023

How are violence against medical workers and other offenses punished in RA and European countries?

 

15/11/2021

Interview with Izabel Abgaryan
Local expert of the Project on the importance of the ratification of the Oviedo Convention and national legislation in the field of bioethics


26/01/2023

“The adoption of ethical rules for healthcare professionals in RA was a very important and positive step”

 

22/09/2021 | PUBLIC RADIO OF ARMENIA

Interview with Laurence Lwoff
Head of the Bioethics Division of the Council of Europe