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Roberto Andorno is Privatdozent at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich (Switzerland). He is also Research Fellow at the University's Institute of Biomedical Ethics and Medical History, where he also coordinates the PhD Program in biomedical ethics and law. Originally from Argentina, he holds doctoral degrees in law from the Universities of Buenos Aires (1991) and
Paris XII (1994), both on topics related to the ethical and legal aspects of assisted reproductive technologies. Between 1999 and 2005 he conducted various research projects relating to global bioethics, human dignity, and human rights at the Laval University (Quebec, Canada), and at the Universities of Göttingen and Tübingen, in Germany.
From 1998 to 2005 he served as a member of the
International Bioethics Committee The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of UNESCO is a body composed of 36 independent experts from all regions and different disciplines (mainly medicine, genetics, law, and philosophy) that follows progress in the life sciences and its applica ...
(IBC) of
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
, and participated in this capacity in the drafting of the ''International Declaration on Human Genetic Data'' (2003) and of the ''Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights'' (2005).
References
External links
* https://www.ius.uzh.ch/de/staff/professorships/alphabetical/mahlmann/team/andorno.html
* https://www.ibme.uzh.ch/en/Biomedical-Ethics/Team/Research-Fellows/Roberto-Andorno.html
* https://uzh.academia.edu/RobertoAndorno/About
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Living people
Argentine non-fiction writers
Bioethicists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of the University of Zurich
University of Buenos Aires alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Université Laval alumni