Some Comments on Human Rights and Bioethics
Abstract
The article examines the new generation of human rights related to bioethics. Some basic documents of the UN, UNESCO, Council of Europe and the European Union are mentioned. Undoubtely, the emphasis is laid on the regional acts. Some emblematic decisions of Strasbourg Court have been analysed with strong connection to to the bioethics and the begginning of the right to life. The article also takes into account 2011 amendments to the Art.II of the Hungarian constitution.
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