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The Nuremberg Code 1947
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights 2005
&
Principles for Those in Research and Experimentation 1954
(WMA Committee on Medical Ethics)

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Individual Legal Responsibility

THE NUREMBERG CODE (1947)

“The duty and responsibility for ascertaining the quality of the consent rests upon each individual who initiates, directs, or engages in the experiment. It is a personal duty and responsibility which may not be delegated to another with impunity.”

The Nuremberg Code (1947) Article 1

PRINCIPLES FOR THOSE IN RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTATION (1954)

“The paramount factor in experimentation on human beings is the responsibility of the research worker and not the willingness of the person submitting to the experiment.”

Principles for Those in Research & Experimentation (1954) Article 3

“In the presence of individual and desperate cases one may attempt… a treatment of a rather daring nature. Such exceptions will be rare and require the approval either of the person or his next of kin… it is the doctor’s conscience which will make the decision.”

Principles for Those in Research & Experimentation (1954) Article 4

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