The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine: Its Past, Present and Future Peteris Zilgalvis

doi:10.4324/9781843143833-11

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The European Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine: Its Past, Present and Future Peteris Zilgalvis

ABSTRACT

This chapter is intended to be an introduction to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (ECHRB), its beginnings, its current status and its possible role in the future European and global legal landscape.