Romeo Casabona Carlos María
Catedrático de Derecho Penal. Director de la Cátedra Interuniversitaria Diputación Foral de Bizkaia de Derecho y Genoma Humano, Universidad de Deusto y Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, España.
Rev Derecho Genoma Hum. 2011 Jul-Dec(35):13-38.
The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights represents a significant milestone in the history of Law, particularly in the application of International Law to an important area of human activity, namely the medical sciences, the life sciences and the technologies which, linked to both, can be applied to human relations. In parallel with this, and as will be analysed in this article, the Declaration has involved adopting a clear position regarding cultural diversity and pluralism in relation to Biomedicine. In this paper the author highlights the fact that perspectives have been opened which have hardly been explored concerning Biomedicine, such as the recognition of the value and respect which cultural diversity (multiculturalism), economic and social diversity deserve in relation to the issues covered by the Declaration, and the acceptance that the owners of the rights are not only individuals, but can also be groups.
《生物伦理与人类权利世界宣言》是法律史上的一个重要里程碑，特别是在将国际法应用于人类活动的一个重要领域，即医学科学、生命科学以及与之相关并可应用于人际关系的技术方面。与此同时，正如本文将要分析的那样，该宣言在生物医学方面就文化多样性和多元主义采取了明确立场。在本文中，作者强调了这样一个事实，即宣言开启了一些几乎未曾探讨过的关于生物医学的视角，比如认识到文化多样性（多元文化主义）、经济和社会多样性在宣言所涵盖的问题上应得到的价值和尊重，以及承认权利主体不仅可以是个人，也可以是群体。
