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bioethics, such as dignity and civil rights, autonomy and

individual accountability, agreement, regard for human


vulnerability and personal honesty, confidentiality, equity, justice
and fairness. It even deals with issues related to prejudice and
responsibility towards future generations and the environment

1. How does the instrument safeguard human rights in the face of


science and technology?

Considering UNESCO’s role in identifying universal


principles based on common ethical values to guide scientific and
technological development and social transformation in order to
identify emerging problems in science and technology taking into
account the responsibility of the present generations towards future
generations, and that questions of bioethics, which necessarily
have an international dimension, should be treated as a whole,
drawing on the principles already stated in the Universal
Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights and the
International Declaration on Human Genetic Data and taking
account not only of the current scientific context but also of future
developments/improvements. The goal of the declaration is to
include a common system of principles and procedures to guide
States in formulating their rules, policies or other instruments in
the field of bioethics. To this end, it is driven by international
human rights legislation, which finds regard for human dignity and
fundamental freedoms to be central to the development of the
bioethical principles presented in them.

2. What challenges stand in the way of the instrument and its key
principles in safeguarding human rights amidst the changing
scientific and technological contexts?

The UDBHR does not discuss the moral status of embryos and stem
cells, the permissibility of their use in research, or their possible
contribution to improving or destroying human health, represent the lack
of agreement between and within religions and UNESCO on
controversial issues and how to address them. Some religious
consultants proposed that the UDBHR should provide strategies to allow
different communities to pursue alternatives in compliance with their
own moral traditions and to

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