Abstract

GARCIA SAN JOSE, Daniel. The Juridical Conceptualization of the Human Embryo in the Law of the European Union: A Well-Aimed Step in the Wrong Direction. Anu. Mex. Der. Inter [online]. 2013, vol.13, pp.517-548. ISSN 1870-4654.

This paper provides a critical analysis of the design, for the first time, of the human embryo in the EU law with the judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 October 2011 in Case C-34/10. These considerations are made to account for the decision of the European Patent Office on November 25, 2008, in the WARF case, the opinions of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies and the case-law of the European Court of Human rights.

Keywords : Legal protection of biotechnological inventions in European Union Law; Concept of human embryo; Respect for the principle of human dignity in human embryos; Bioethics; Somatic Embryos.

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