18 November 2025 Strasbourg, France

 Programme

Introduction

9:00 - 10:00

Moderators: 

  • Roberto Andorno, Associate Professor of biomedical law and bioethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Anne Forus, Chair of Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) neurotechnologies group

Panellists:

  • Luuk Ex, Senior researcher at the Rathenau Instituut
  • Anna Austin, Jurist Consult of the European Court of Human Rights

Privacy at risk – Neurotech applications accessing the brain and mental states

10:00 - 12:00

Moderator :

  • Mark Bale, member of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO) neurotechnologies group
  • Damaris Carnal, Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO)

Panellists:

  • Martina  Malcheva, Senior  Legal  Expert  at  the  Constitutional  Court  of  theRepublic of Bulgaria
  • Marius Emberland, Professor  Public  and  international  law  at  BI  Norwegian Business School
  • Respondent: Armen Harutyunyan, former judge of the ECtHR

Self-determination, freedom of thought and integrity at risk – Neurotech applications altering the brain and mental states

12:00 - 13:00

Moderators:

  • Timo Istace,Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Laura Palazzani, professor of philosophy of law, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy

Panellists:

  • Vassilis Tzevelekos, Member of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
  • Monika Hermanns, Former Justice German Federal Constitutional Court
  • Federico Montalvo, Professor at Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, Spain
  • Respondent: Paulo Sergio Pinto de Albuquerque, Professor (Catedrático) of the Católica School of Law, Lisbon, former ECtHR judge, Portugal

Lunch break (13:00 - 14:30)

Self-determination, freedom of thought and integrity at risk – Neurotech applications altering the brain and mental states

14:30 - 16:00

Moderators:

  • Timo Istace,Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Laura Palazzani, professor of philosophy of law, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy

Panellists:

  • Vassilis Tzevelekos, Member of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
  • Monika Hermanns, Former Justice German Federal Constitutional Court
  • Federico Montalvo, Professor at Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, Spain
  • Respondent: Paulo Sergio Pinto de Albuquerque, Professor (Catedrático) of the Católica School of Law, Lisbon, former ECtHR judge, Portugal

Conclusion

16:30 - 18:00

Moderator:

  • Laurence Lwoff, Head of the CoE Health Division
  • Milena Costas, former member of the UN Human Rights Advisory Council

Panellists:

  • Tomáš Doležal, Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO)
  • Krista Oinonen, Chair of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)
  • Alessandra Pierucci, Member of the Committee of Convention 108 (T-PD)

 Documents

Report of the rapporteurs Workshop on human rights and neurotechnologies 

Report Analysis of the existing European human rights framework concerning the human rights issues raised by neurotechnologies and their applications | Roberto Andorno

General Briefing of the Workshop on Human rights and neurotechnologies

 

United Nations

UNESCO

OSCE

 Context

This workshop will explore whether and how human rights law in its current form can serve as an effective legal framework to address the challenges arising from the increasing use and development of neurotechnologies.

 Recordings

Morning

Afternoon

 Speakers & Moderators

Speakers and moderators are being confirmed progressively, with updates shared on this webpage as they become available.

Back Laurence Lwoff

Head of Health Division, Council of Europe
Laurence Lwoff

Mrs Laurence LWOFF holds a MSc. in reproductive physiology from the University of Paris VI – Jussieu (France). She then obtained her degree in agronomy from the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (France) in 1986 and received her PhD in molecular biology in 1989.

She joined the Council of Europe in 1991, where she was entrusted with the responsibilities of the Secretariat of the Conventions concerning the use of animals in agriculture and science, in the Directorate of Legal Affairs. In 1999, her responsibilities were extended to biotechnology. She was the Secretary of the International Conference of the Council of Europe on Ethical Issues Arising from the Applications of Biotechnology (Oviedo, Spain, May 1999). In 2002, she joined the Bioethics Department where she has been responsible in particular for the activities on human genetics and on the protection of the human embryo and the foetus. She was the Secretary of the Group in charge of the elaboration of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Genetic Testing for Health Purposes.

She is currently the Head of Health Division and Secretary of the Steering Committee for Human Rights in the fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO), intergovernmental committee in charge of the activities on the protection of human rights in the biomedical field, at the Council of Europe.

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