European Treaty Series - No. 164

     
CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF
THE HUMAN BEING WITH REGARD TO THE APPLICATION OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE:

CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BIOMEDICINE

Oviedo, 4.IV.97


Preamble

The member States of the Council of Europe, the other States and the European Community,signatories hereto,

Bearing in mind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 December 1948;

Bearing in mind the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950;

Bearing in mind the European Social Charter of 18 October 1961;

Bearing in mind the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 16 December 1966;

Bearing in mind the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data of 28 January 1981;