Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique

BREAKING NEWS | 03-03-20

OPINION 133, ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF GENE EDITING : BETWEEN HOPE AND CAUTION

Genome engineering has for decades been a key driver of understanding and more recently has seen major advances that have led to gene editing.In the plant world, crosses between varieties, methods of selection, techniques of in vitro multiplication, mutagenesis, transgenesis, and recently gene...

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BREAKING NEWS | 08-02-19

CONTRIBUTION OF THE COMITÉ CONSULTATIF NATIONAL D’ÉTHIQUE TO THE REVISION OF THE BIOETHICS LAW

The purpose of this document is to summarize the opinion of the Comité consultatif national d’éthique (CCNE; National Consultative Ethics Committee) before the scheduled 2019 revision of the bioethics law by the French Parliament. This reflection is part of the Etats généraux de la Bioéthique...

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BREAKING NEWS | 29-11-18

ETHICS AND GERMLINE MODIFICATION: CCNE CALLS FOR STRONGER GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

Following the announcement by Dr Jiankui HE of the birth of twins from embryos whose genome had been modified prior to their transfer into the womb, France’s CCNE (National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences) restates its opposition to the transfer of genetically modified...

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BREAKING NEWS | 06-11-18

Synthesis, Report of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee, June 2018, Opinions of the citizen committee

The object of this document is to report on a movement of unprecedented amplitude (in France and possibly worldwide) for collective reflection on major contemporary bioethics issues. The process took the form of a public debate, held in 2018, “The Bioethics Estates General”, as provided for by...

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BREAKING NEWS | 25-09-18

Opinion n° 128 (15 February 2018) The Ethical Issues of Ageing. What is the point of concentrating the elderly all together in “residential homes”? What incentives for society to become more inclusive of its elderly population?

The ageing of society in today’s world is an undeniable demographic fact and should incite us to review how we live together so that we can become more inclusive of our elders. Laws have been voted in the last few years to try and face up to this reality, such as a 2015 law on adapting...

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BREAKING NEWS | 07-03-18

CCNE’s Opinion n° 127 Migrants’ Health and Ethical imperatives

For decades, France has been host to immigration for political, economic or cultural reasons. Today, the word “migrants” has come to refer to a moment in time in the lives of men and women who have decided to leave their country of origin. They reside on French soil for very diverse periods of time...

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