International Bioethics Committee (IBC)

The IBC is a body of 36 independent experts that follows progress in the life sciences and its applications in order to ensure respect for human dignity and freedom.

Last update:18 October 2024

Created in 1993, the IBC provides the only global forum for reflection in bioethics.

IBC Sessions

The Director-General of UNESCO convenes the IBC at least once a year. Through its sessions and working groups, the Committee produces advice and recommendations on specific issues that are adopted by consensus and are widely disseminated and submitted to the Director-General for transmission to the Member States, the Executive Board and the General Conference.

IBC Sessions 1993 - 2019

  • , Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 July 2019
  • , UNESCO Paris, France, 11-12 September 2018
  • , UNESCO Paris, France, 12-13 September 2017
  • , UNESCO Paris, France, 12-16 September 2016
  • , UNESCO Paris, France, 29 September - 1 October 2015
  • , Paris, France, 8-12 September 2014
  • , Seoul, Republic of Korea, 19-21 June 2013
  • , Paris, France, 13-14 September 2012
  • , Paris, France, 11-12 September 2012
  • , Baku, Azerbaijan, 31 May - 2 June 2011
  • , Paris, France, 28-29 October 2010
  • , Paris, France, 26-27 October 2010
  • , Mexico City, Mexico, 23-25 November 2009
  • , Paris, France, 30–31 October 2008
  • , Paris, France, 28–29 October 2008
  • , Nairobi, Kenya, 17-19 May 2007
  • , Paris, France, 20-22 November 2006
  • , Tokyo, Japan, 15-17 December 2005
  • , Paris, France, 28 January 2005
  • , Paris, France, 26-27 January 2005
  • , Paris, France, 23-24 August 2004
  • , Paris, France, 27-29 April 2004
  • , Paris, France, 12-14 May 2003
  • , Montreal, Canada, 26-28 November 2002
  • , Paris, France, 12-14 September 2001
  • , Quito, Ecuador, 7-9 November 2000
  • , Rabat, Morocco, 7-13 October 1999
  • , Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2-4 December 1998
  • , Paris, France, 3-4 October 1996
  • , Paris, France, 27-29 September 1995
  • , Paris, France, 20-22 September 1994
  • , Paris, France, 15-16 September 1993

Who can participate in or attend IBC sessions?

  • Member States, Associate Members of UNESCO may take part as official observers in the meetings of the IBC, while non-Member States that have set up a permanent observer mission may do so at the invitation of the Director-General.
  • The United Nations and the other organizations of the United Nations system that have an agreement with UNESCO for reciprocal representation may take also part as observers in the meetings of the IBC.
  • International governmental or non-governmental organizations with similar objectives to those of the IBC may be invited to take part as observers in the meetings of the IBC.
  • Specialists or other relevant persons or groups may be consulted on matters within the competence of the IBC.
  • Any individual or representative of an institution who wishes to attend a public session of the IBC should contact the Secretariat of the IBC to receive an invitation.

How does the IBC work?

Since 1998, the IBC has had Statutes defining its mandate, composition, etc.

The Director-General of UNESCO convenes the IBC at least once a year. Through its sessions and working groups, the Committee produces advice and recommendations on specific issues that are adopted by consensus and are widely disseminated and submitted to the Director-General for transmission to the Member States, the Executive Board and the General Conference.

Committee tasks

  1. To promote reflection on the ethical and legal issues raised by research in the life sciences and their applications.
  2. To encourage the exchange of ideas and information.
  3. To encourage action to heighten awareness among the general public, specialized groups and public and private decision-makers involved in bioethics.
  4. To co-operate with the international governmental and non-governmental organizations concerned by the issues raised in the field of bioethics, as well as with the national and regional bioethics committees and similar bodies.
  5. To contribute to the dissemination of the principles set out in the UNESCO Declarations in the field of bioethics, and to the further examination of issues raised by their applications and by the evolution of the technologies in question.

How are the IBC members chosen?

The Director-General appoints the IBC's 36 members to serve in their personal capacities for four-year terms. The selection is made taking into account cultural diversity, balanced geographical representation and nominations from States of qualified specialists in the life sciences and in the social and human sciences, including law, human rights, philosophy, education and communication.

List of members

AARONS Dr (Mr) Derrick (Jamaica)
Medical Doctor and Bioethicist
Ethics Consultant, The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
Consultant and Faculty, Center for Global Bioethics, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies
Member, the Editorial Board, The Developing World Bioethics Journal
Member, The Executive Council, UNESCO Latin American and Caribbean Bioethics Network (REDBIOETICA-UNESCO)
Former Head of the Health Professions Authority in the Turks and Caicos Islands, West Indies
Former Member of the International Advisory Board for Bioethics of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Former President and Founder, The Bioethics Society of the English-speaking Caribbean (BSEC)
Former Bioethicist and Deputy Chairman for the National Bioethics Committee of Jamaica
Former Bioethicist, The Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies
Former Chairman, The Advisory Panel on Ethics and Medico-Legal Affairs, Ministry of Health, Jamaica

ABAKAR Dr (Mr) Mahamat Fayiz (Chad)
Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Microbiology
One Health specialist, Scientific coordinator and research group leader, IRED in Chad with focus on zoonotic diseases
Secretary General, National Bioethics Committee of Chad (CNBT)
Council member and former Chair, African Biological Safety Association (AfBSA)

AL-ATIYYAT Prof. (Ms) Nijmeh (Jordan)
Associate Professor of Oncology Nursing and Mentor of Oncology Nursing Master Programme, Faculty of Nursing, Hashemite University
Former Chair holder, UNESCO Chair on Bioethics (2019), Hashemite University (1484)
Member, Jordan National Committee for Ethics of Science and Technology
Member, National Committee of Palliative Care
Member, National Committee of Cancer Control
Founder and Organizer, Scientific day Cancer Control Innovation
Vice-Chairperson of the IBC (2022-2023)
Co-Editor of IBC/UNESCO Newsletter

BARUGAHARE Dr (Mr) John (Uganda)
Senior Lecturer and Head/Chair, Department of Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University
Member, National Bioethics Committee, Uganda
Member, Bioethics Working Group, Makerere University
Member, Mulago National referral Hospital Research Ethics Committee
Member, Makerere University, School of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee
Former Chair, National Taskforce, Development of National Guidelines for Community Engagement in Research
Former NIH-Fogarty Fellow, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge Department of History and Philosophy of Science

BAZ Dr (Ms) Batoul (Saudi Arabia)
Vice-President of Health Sector, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
Consultant in molecular genetics, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
Chairperson, National Committee of Bioethics
Chairperson, National Committee of Biosafety
Member, MENA Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Working Group- Pandemic Action Network
Member, Global Initiative on AI for Health (WHO-ITU-WIPO)

BETZLER Prof. (Ms) Monika (Switzerland)
Chair for Practical Philosophy and Ethics, Philosophy Department, Ludwig Maximilan University Munich (LMU), Germany
Member of the Scientific Board, Fritz Thyssen Foundation
Spokeswoman and Founding Member of the Center for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice, LMU
Director of the Executive Master Program "Philosophy - Politics - Economics (PPW), LMU
Member of the Expert Team, Doc-CH Evaluation Committee of the Swiss National Science Foundation
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Faculty for Philosophy and Education, University of Vienna, Austria

CEKANAUSKAITE Dr (Ms) Asta (Lithuania)
Director of Lithuanian Bioethics Committee
Lecturer (bioethics, medical ethics), Vilnius University
Expert for ethics assessments, European Commission Member of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights in the Fields of Biomedicine and Health (CDBIO)

CHARLSON Prof. (Ms) Fiona (Australia)
Principal Research Fellow in Climate Change and Mental Health, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Australia
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Australia
Lead of Mental Health and Climate Change Transdisciplinary Research Network, Australia
Senior Researcher Manna Institute, Australia
Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, USA
Member of the Wellcome Trust Climate Impacts Advisory Committee, UK
Advisory Board Member for Generation Mental Health

CHEIKHYOUSSEF Dr. (Ms) Natascha (Namibia)
Deputy Director, Namibian Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation
Member, Board of Governors of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering (ICGEB)
Trustee of the Petroleum Training and Education Fund (PETROFUND) Board
Council Member, Biosafety Council of the National Commission on Research, Science and Technology
Member, Namibia Standards Institution, Technical Committee on Chemicals
Member, Natural Sciences Programme Committee of the National Commission for UNESCO in Namibia
Commissioner, National Drug Control Commission (NDCC)
Member, University of Namibia (UNAM) Press Editorial Board

CROSS Prof. (Ms) Emily (USA)
Professor of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Honorary Professor of Social Robotics, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Member, Young Academy of Europe
Member, Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland
Philip Leverhulme Prize for early career contributions to Psychology (2018)
British Science Association Jacob Bronowski Award for early contributions to science and the arts (2017)

DARWISH Prof. (Mr) Bahaa (Egypt)
Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts, Minia University, Egypt
Former Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research and Ex-vice Dean for Students Affairs, College of Arts, Minia University
Founding and Board Member, International Association of Education in Ethics, Pittsburgh, USA
Member, Egyptian Society of Philosophy
Member, Ethics of Scientific Research Council, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt

DESCHENES (Ms) Mylène (Canada)
Lawyer
Director, Ethics and Legal Affairs, Office of the Québec Chief Scientist, Fonds de recherche du Québec
Chair, Commission on Research Integrity of Luxembourg
Member, Research ethics boards (between 1998 and 2012), including the National Research Council of Canada, the Montreal Heart Institute and Héma Québec
Responsible for the drafting and implementation of the FRQ policy (of provincial application) on scientific integrity in research "Policy on Responsible Conduct in Research" 2014, updated in 2022
Former Executive Director, P3G Consortium “Public Population Genomics Project” (2005-2012)
Former Senior Ethics Policy Advisor, Ethics Office, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (2003-2005)
Chairperson, UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (2024-2025)

DHAI Prof. (Ms) Ames (South Africa)
Founder and Past Director Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2007-2019)
Professor Bioethics and Health Law, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Specialist Ethicist, Office of the President and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)
Honorary Specialist Clinical Ethics Consultant, Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Certified Mediator – Conflict Dynamics & Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (UK)
Member Academy of Sciences of South Africa
Member of Former Working Group on Recommended Guidelines on the Principles of Good Governance for Research Institutions, Council of International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
Member of Former Working Group on Clinical Research in Resource Limited Settings, Council of International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
Member of Former Working Groups on the Declarations of Helsinki and Taipei, World Medical Association
Editor, South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
Former Chairperson, UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (2022-2023)

DOGTEROM Prof. (Ms) Marileen (Netherlands)
Professor of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology
President, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Medical Delta Professor, Leiden University
Member, Academia Europaea
Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Fellow, Biophysical Society USA
Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI)
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge UK

FUJITA Prof. (Ms) Misao (Japan)
Head and Professor, Uehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics, Kyoto University
Principal Investigator, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), KUIAS Kyoto University
Member, Expert Panel on Bioethics, Cabinet Office’s Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
Member, Ethics Committee, International Society for Stem Cell Research
Clinical Psychologist

GRECO Prof. (Mr) Dirceu Bartolomeu (Brazil)
Medical Doctor
Professor Emeritus of Bioethics and Infectious Diseases, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Chair, Brazilian Bioethics Society (BBS) - (2017-2019 and 2019-2021)
Member, Brazilian National Health Council – CNS (2019-2024)
Member, WHO COVID-19 Ethics & Governance Working Group (2022-)
Former Member, Brazilian National Commission on AIDS, Brazilian Ministry of Health
Former Member, National Commission on Anti-HIV Vaccines, Brazilian Ministry of Health
Former Member, Brazilian National Commission for Research Ethics – CONEP (2007-2010)
Former Director, Department of IST, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis, Brazilian Ministry of Health (2010-2013)
Vice-Chairperson of the IBC (2020-2023)

HUKIC Prof. (Ms) Mirsada (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Medical Doctor, Specialist in Microbiology and Immunology, Subspecialist in Virology
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Sarajevo
Member, Academy of Science and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBIH), Department of Medical Sciences
Director of the Center for Disease Control and Geohealth Studies of ANUBIH
President of the Committee for Scientific Research and Development of ANUBIH
Member, European Academy of Science, Medicine and Life Sciences Division
Founder and Director, Institute for Biomedical Diagnostic and Research NALAZ
Former Head of Olympic Committee, Special Olympic Games of BiH (2004-2013)

HUMAYUN Dr (Ms) Asma (Pakistan)
National Technical Advisor on Mental Health, Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives, Government of Pakistan
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK
Member of the Task Force on Mental Health, Ministry of National Health Services, Government of Pakistan
Member, working group on revision of Code of Ethics, Pakistan Medical Commission, Pakistan
Chairperson, Curriculum Committee for Behavioural Sciences at the University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Former Member, working group to revise mhGAP-IG 3.0 and 2.0, World Health Organisation
Former Member, Gender Security Group, National Security Division, Government of Pakistan
Former Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Rawalpindi Medical University

KHOURY Prof. (Ms) Brigitte (Lebanon)
Professor and Vice Chair of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut
Director, Clinical Psychology Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut
Director, Arab Regional Center for research and training in mental health, Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut
Vice President, Lebanese Order of Psychologists
Corporate Secretary, World Federation for Mental Health
Vice-president, Arab Union of Psychological Science
Executive Board member, International Union of Psychological Science
Past President and fellow, Division 52 (International), American Psychological Association

KILLIAN Prof. (Ms) Bernadeta (Tanzania)
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Planning, Finance and Administration, University of Dar es Salaam (2023-2026)
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research at University of Dar es Salaam (2022-2023)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Dar es Salaam
Former Principal, Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE) (2018-2022)
Former Principal, Mkwawa University College of Education (MKWAWA) (2013-2017)
Former Board Chairperson, Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), (2017- 2021)
Former Chairperson, Award Committee, Tanzania Education Authority (TEA) (2016- 2019)
Former Chairperson, Academic Committee, Tanzania Public Service College (2017-2020)

LEE Prof. (Mr) Eng Hin (Singapore)
Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Emeritus Consultant, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, National University Hospital, Singapore
Chairman, Bioethics Advisory Committee of Singapore (BAC)
Chair, Human Nuclear Genome Editing Review Group, BAC
Chair, Human Embryo and Chimera Research Work Group, BAC (2007-2008)
Member, Ethics Committee, Singapore Medical Council
Chair, Advisory Committee for Restricted Human Biomedical Research, Ministry of Health, Singapore
Member, Regulatory Advisory Panel, Ministry of Health, Singapore
Member, Healthcare Ethics Capability Committee, Ministry of Health, Singapore (2019-2022)
Vice-Chairperson of UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (2022-2023)

LEZAUN Prof. (Mr) Javier (Spain)
Director, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS), University of Oxford
Associate Professor, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford
Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Principal Investigator, Diseased Landscapes, a British Academy-funded research project
Principal Investigator, Credible Net Zero Transitions in Africa
Co-Investigator OceanNETs, European Union Horizon2020 Research Framework
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Project ‘Can gene drive be efficiently and sustainably implemented in Africa?,’ Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award in Science

LINDNER Prof. (Mr) Ariel (Israel)
Unit Director, INSERM Systems Engineering and Evolution Dynamics (SEED)
Co-Founder, Learning Planet Institute
Co-Director, DIM Bioconvergence for Health regional program
Board member, iGEM Foundation

MARTINHO DA SILVA Dr (Ms) Paula (Portugal)
Lawyer
Ombudsperson, Champalimaud Foundation (Portugal)
Member, Ethics Committee, Champalimaud Foundation
Former Chair, Ethics Council of José de Mello Saúde
Former Visiting Professor, Bioethics Institute, Portuguese Catholic University
Former Member, European group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies of the European Commission (EGE)
Former Chair, National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences of Portugal

MEDINA-MORA ICAZA Prof. (Ms) María Elena (Mexico)
Director of the School of Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) 2020-2024
Emeritus researcher at the Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz National Institute of Psychiatry since 2018
Member of the National Academy of Mexico (El Colegio Nacional) since 2006
Member of the UNODC/WHO Informal International Scientific Network
Ancient General Director of the National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz, México (2008-2018)
Ancient member of the World Health Organization Panel of Experts which reviewed the ICD 11 (2006-2019)
Ancient member of the PAHO High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID (2022-2023)

MILJETEIG Prof. (Ms) Ingrid (Norway)
Professor in Medical Ethics, Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS), University of Bergen
Former Deputy Director, Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS), University of Bergen (2019-2023)
Member, WHO Expert Group on Clinical Ethics
Board member, International Society for Priorities in Health Care (ISPH)
Special Advisor at Addis Center for Medical Ethics and Priority Setting (ACEPS) in Ethiopia
Former Member, National Expert Group advising the National Biotechnology Committee in Norway (2016-2022)
Chair, National Expert Group on Trust and Transparency in Health Care Priority Setting Processes in Norway (2023-2024)

MORALES ORDÓÑEZ Prof. (Mr) Juan Cristobal (Ecuador)
Professor of general theory of law, ethics and bioethics
Member of the Advisory Council of the Ecuadorian Society of Bioethics
Author and editor of several books on law, ethics and bioethics
Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Ecuador (2005 to 2011)
Coordinator of the University and Citizen Network of Ethics and Bioethics (RUCEB), Ecuador
Special Advisor to the International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities
Editorialist in various Ecuadorian newspapers and magazines

ORER Prof. (Mr) Hakan S. (Türkiye)
Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Koç University
Chair, Allied Ethics Committees on Clinical Trials, Biomedical Research, and Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University
Chair, Bioethics Steering Committee, National Commission for UNESCO
Elected Member, Science Academy (Türkiye)

PEI Prof. (Mr) Gang (China)
Professor, Tongji University
Principal Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Member, Chinese National Committee on Science and Technology Ethics
Member, Chinese Academy Sciences
Member, the World Academy of Sciences
Member, German Academy of Scientists Leopoldina
Honorary President, Chinese Society for Cell Biology (CSCB)
Former President, Asian-Pacific Organization for Cell Biology (APOCB)

ROZYNSKA Dr (Ms) Joanna (Poland)
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Center for Bioethics & Biolaw, University of Warsaw
Director, Master Programme in Bioethics, University of Warsaw
Chairperson, Committee for Bioethics, Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Head, Polish Unit (Warsaw) of the International Network in Bioethics (WMA Cooperation Centre)
Member, Compassionate Use Advisory Committee (CompAC), NYU School of Medicine
Member, Ethics Commission, National Transplantation Council
Member, Research Ethics Committee, University of Warsaw

RUEDA BARRERA Prof. (Mr) Eduardo Alfonso (Colombia)
Director, Institute for Public Leadership, National University of Colombia
Board Member, International Development Ethics Association
Former Director, Network for Ethics and Citizenship Education (REDLACEB)
Former Director and Professor, Institute of Bioethics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2013-2019)
Former Head, Latin American Working Group on Political Philosophy, Latin American Social Sciences Council (CLACSO) (2012-2019)
Board Member, UNESCO Latin American and Caribbean Bioethics Network (REDBIOÉTICA)
Board Member and Co-Founder, International Network on Biolaw
Director of the inter-institutional Chair on Citizenship and Integrity, and Professor on Ethics and Bioethics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Member, Research Ethics Committee, Colombian National Department of Statistics

SCHÖNE-SEIFERT Prof. (Ms) Bettina (Germany)
Professor of philosophy emerita, Dr med., MA, Georgetown University
Senior Professor for Medical Ethics, University of Muenster
Member, Academia Europaea
Member, German National Academy of Scientists Leopoldina
Fellow, Hastings Center
Member, Future Council to the German Government
Former Full Professor for Medical Ethics, University of Muenster (until 2023)
Former Director of the Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, University of Muenster (until 2023)
Former Member, German National Ethics Council

SHAMSI GOOSHKI Prof. (Mr) Ehsan (Islamic Republic of Iran)
Associate Professor of Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Lecture, Monash Bioethics Center, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
International Deputy, Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (UNESCO Chair for Studies in Bioethics and World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Bioethics)
Vice-chair and Member of the WHO Research Ethics Committee (ERC), Geneva, Switzerland
WHO Consultant in Clinical Ethics
Member of WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office Research Ethics Committee, Cairo, Egypt
Member, Biomedical Ethics and Philosophy of Medicine Council, Iran Academy of Medical Science
Member of the Medical Ethics Committee of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA)

SISASK Prof. (Ms) Merike (Estonia)
Professor of Social Health Care at Tallinn University, School of Governance, Law and Society (SOGOLAS)
Council Member of the Estonian Center of Excellence of Well-Being Sciences (EstWell)
Council Member of the Estonian Mental Health and Well-being Coalition (VATEK)
Management Board Member of the Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI)
Member of the Estonian Bioethics and Human Research Council (EBIN)

SIVERINO BAVIO Prof. (Ms) Paula (Argentina)
Doctor in Law
Former Coordinator of the National Program of Restitution of Rights (Trafficking, Refugees and International Restitution), National Secretariat of Childhood Adolescence and Family
Member, Bioethics Counsel, International Institute of Human Rights (Chapter for the Americas)
Former Professor of Civil Law and Bioethics, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

SULEMAN Dr (Ms) Mehrunisha (United Kingdom)
Associate Professor
Director of Medical Ethics and Law Education, Ethox Centre, University of Oxford
Expert, UNESCO’s Ethics Teacher Training Programme
Council Member, Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Member, Ethics Advisory Group, UK Covid-19 Inquiry
 

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Bureau

During its 30th (Ordinary) Session, the IBC proceeded with the election of its Bureau: a Chairperson, four Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur, who will remain in office until the end of the 32nd (Ordinary) Session in 2025, provided that they remain members of the Committee.

The following members were elected to the Bureau:

Chairperson

  • Ms Mylène DESCHENES (Canada)

Rapporteur

  • Ms Paula SIVERINO BAVIO (Argentina)

Vice-Chairpersons

  • Ms Joanna ROZYNSKA (Poland)
  • Mr Ehsan SHAMSI GOOSHKI (Islamic Republic of Iran)
  • Ms Bernadeta KILLIAN (Tanzania)
  • Mr Bahaa DARWISH (Egypt)

Work Programme for 2024-2025

Based on the discussions during the 30th (Ordinary) Session of the International Bioethics Committee (Paris, September 2023) and subsequent online meetings, the Bureau of the IBC defined the work programme of the Committee for 2024-2025 as follows:

  • The Committee will address the topic of the Ethics of Synthetic Biology.
  • The Committee will also address the topic of Mental Health.

The Committee remains open to address other emerging challenges related to bioethics during the 2024-2025 biennium.

Reports and Advices

  • (2023)
  • (2023)
  •  (2021)
  •  (2021)
  •  (2019)
  • (2019)
  •  (2017) 
  •  (2017)
  •  (2015)
  •  (2015)
  •  (2014)
  •  (2013)
  •  (2010)
  •  (2009)
  •  (2008)
  •  (2003) Rapporteurs: Giovanni Berlinguer and Leonardo De Castro
  •  (2003) Rapporteur: Hans Galjaard
  • (2002) Rapporteurs: Sylvia Rumball and Alexander McCall Smith
  •  (2002) Rapporteur: Judge Michael Kirby
  •  (2001) [in French] Rapporteur: Mehmet Öztürk
  •  (2001) Rapporteurs: Alexander McCall Smith and Michel Revel
  •  (2000) Report of the Working Group of the IBC
  •  (1996) Rapporteurs: Harold Edgar and Ricardo Cruz-Coke
  •  (1995) Rapporteur: Darryl Macer
  •  (1995) By Chee Heng Leng, Laila El-Hamamsy, John Fleming, Norio Fujiki, Genoveva Keyeux, Bartha Maria Knoppers and Darryl Macer
  •  (1995) Rapporteur: Michel Revel
  •  (1995) Rapporteur: Mr Jean-Didier Vincent
  •  (1994) Rapporteurs: Mr Harold Edgar and Mr Thomas Tursz
  •  (1994) Rapporteur: Mr David Shapiro

Advices

Newsletter

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  • , N° 1, July 2020