Faunce T A
Law Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
J Med Ethics. 2005 Mar;31(3):173-8. doi: 10.1136/jme.2004.006502.
The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is currently drafting a Universal Bioethics Declaration ("the declaration"). The content and even the name of the declaration has yet to be finalized, but it is expected to range widely over human and non-human bioethics. It appears likely to include many articles directly related to medical ethics. The declaration may well evolve, like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, into a component of international customary law, or be the precursor to an International Convention on Bioethics. This article discusses whether this process will facilitate bioethics and, in particular, medical ethics, being subsumed by the normative system of international human rights.
联合国教育、科学及文化组织（教科文组织）的国际生物伦理委员会（IBC）目前正在起草一份《世界生物伦理宣言》（“该宣言”）。宣言的内容甚至名称都尚未最终确定，但预计其将广泛涵盖人类和非人类生物伦理领域。它似乎很可能包括许多与医学伦理直接相关的条款。该宣言很可能会像《世界人权宣言》一样，演变成国际习惯法的一个组成部分，或者成为一项国际生物伦理公约的前身。本文探讨这一进程是否会促使生物伦理，尤其是医学伦理被纳入国际人权规范体系。
