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The system of bio-law in Poland is still incomplete and incoherent. Arguably, the use of the very notion of the system in this respect is not fully justified. Most issues that are the ethically and socially sensitive outcomes of the developments in biology and medical sciences remain beyond the scope of legal regulation, while the rules that are actually established often turn out inadequate in the face of a rapidly changing reality. In many cases they seem merely to legalise the already established facts or to give rise to serious constitutional concerns.
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By “bio-law” we mean here legal regulation of matters of human and non-human life including, in particular, specific problems resulting from rapid progress in biological, medical and life sciences as well as technologies that follow such progress.
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The Supreme Court Judgment of 30 October 2008 (I KZP 13/08). See more O. Nawrot, Antropologia rozdzialu XIX Kodeksu karnego [Anthropology of the Chapter XIX of the Criminal code], Prawo i Medycyna 4/2009, (37, vol. 11, 13 ff).
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The rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the cases Brustle v. Greenpeace of 18.10.2011 (C-34/10) and International Stem Cell Corporation v. Comptroller General of Patents of 18.12.2014 (C-364/13).
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Analysis of those ruling and their critique see T. Pietrzykowski, Glosa do wyroku TSUE z 18.12.2014 International Stem Cell Corporation v. Comptroller General of Patents, Państwo i Prawo 9/2015, 129 ff.
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See more O. Nawrot, Human being v. Person. Medically assisted procreation in the bioethical standards of the Council of Europe, Gdansk University Press 2016, pp. 155–222; J. Kapelańska-Pręgowska, Prawne i bioetyczne aspekty testów genetycznych [Legal and bioethical aspects of genetic testing], Wolters Kluwer 2011; A. Krajewska, Informacja genetyczna a zakres autonomii jednostki w europejskiej przestrzeni prawnej [Genetic information and the scope of personal autonomy in the European legal area], University Press of Wroclaw 2008.
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The Judgment of the Constitutional Court of 28.05.1997 (K 26/96).
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Art. 30 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2nd April, 1997: “The inherent and inalienable dignity of the person shall constitute a source of freedoms and rights of persons and citizens. It shall be inviolable. The respect and protection thereof shall be the obligation of public authorities”.
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see more J. Zajadło, Godność i prawa człowieka (ideowe i normatywne źródła przepisu art. 30 Konstytucji) [Human Dignity and Rights (ideological and normative sources of the Art. 30 of the Constitution), Gdańskie Studia Prawnicze, vol. III 1998, 61 ff; L. Bosek, Gwarancje godności ludzkiej I ich wpływ na polskie prawo cywilne [Guarantees of human dignity and their influence on the Polish civil law], Sejm publishing house 2012; O. Nawrot, Human being v. Person…, pp. 261–295; O. Nawrot, Polityka Rady Europy w zakresie ochrony istoty ludzkiej w prenatalnych stadiach rozwoju [Policy of the Council of Europe for the protection of a human being in the prenatal stages of development], Gdańskie Studia Prawnicze, vol. XXXIII, 2015, pp. 301–318.
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The relevant part of the Preamble to the Constitution reads: “We, the Polish Nation – all citizens of the Republic, both those who believe in God as the source of truth, justice, good and beauty, as well as those not sharing such faith but respecting those universal values as arising from other sources, equal in rights and obligations towards the common good – Poland, beholden to our ancestors for their labours, their struggle for independence achieved at great sacrifice, for our culture rooted in the Christian heritage of the Nation and in universal human values”.
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The judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 20.03.2006 (P 20/09).
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The judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 1.09.2006 (SK 14/05).
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Council of Europe Recommendations 1046 (1986) and 1100 (1986). See more O. Nawrot, Human being v. Person…, pp. 48–68.
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J. Haberko, Ustawa o leczeniu niepłodności. Komentarz [The Law on Infertility Treatment. The Commentary], Wolters Kluwer 2016, p. 161.
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Explanatory Report to the Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, para. 91.
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Szerzej: O. Nawrot, Ludzka biogeneza w standardach bioetycznych Rady Europy [Human Biogenesis in Bioethical Standards of the Council of Europe], Wolters Kluwer Polska 2011, pp. 296–297.
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M. Safjan (ed.), Medical law. Cases and commentaries, Wolters Kluwer Polska 2011, p. 379.
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Pietrzykowski, T., Nawrot, O. (2020). Constitutional and Legal Aspects of Gene Editing in Poland. In: Taupitz, J., Deuring, S. (eds) Rechtliche Aspekte der Genom-Editierung an der menschlichen Keimbahn . Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59028-7_13
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