School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
J Med Ethics. 2022 Mar;48(3):165-168. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106863. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
WHO in 2019 established the Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing, which has recently published a Draft Governance Framework on Human Genome Editing. Although the Draft Framework is a good point of departure, there are four areas of concern: first, it does not sufficiently address issues related to establishing safety and efficacy. Second, issues that are a source of tension between global standard setting and state sovereignty need to be addressed in a more nuanced fashion. Third, it fails to meaningfully engage with the extent to which the conceptualisation of human dignity may justifiably vary between jurisdictions. Fourth, the meaning of harm to the interests of a future person requires clarity. Provided these four areas of concern can be addressed, the future of the global governance of human genome editing may hold promise.
世界卫生组织于 2019 年成立了人类基因组编辑全球治理和监督咨询委员会，该委员会最近发布了一份人类基因组编辑治理框架草案。尽管该草案是一个很好的起点，但仍有四个值得关注的问题：首先，它没有充分解决与建立安全性和有效性相关的问题。其次，需要以更细致的方式处理全球标准制定与国家主权之间的紧张关系问题。第三，它未能充分参与不同司法管辖区之间人类尊严概念可能合理变化的程度。第四，需要明确对未来人利益的损害的含义。如果这四个值得关注的问题能够得到解决，那么人类基因组编辑的全球治理的未来可能充满希望。
