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This paper presents an analysis of the bioethics Declarations agreed by all member countries of UNESCO with reference to neurosciences. The texts, the 1997 Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, and the 2005 Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights, provide a number of useful points for countries considering policy for use of knowledge of neurosciences, and in the education of society of the issues that arise from our increased understanding of neurosciences.
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Ethics and Neurosciences (reported by Mr. Jean-Didier Vincent). Document available on: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0010/001051/105160e.pdf.
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Readers can refer to relevant reports of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee (IBC), including a report on Ethics and Neurosciences. The document can be downloaded from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0010/001051/105160e.pdf. The author was also a member of UNESCO IBC.
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International Behaviourome web site: http://www.eubios.info/menmap.htm.
Behaviourome listserve <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Behaviourome/>.
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Macer, D. (2012). Neurolaw and UNESCO Bioethics Declarations. In: Spranger, T. (eds) International Neurolaw. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21541-4_18
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