2010 - World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research

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20 December 2010

Assisted Suicide: British developments
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18 December 2010

Freedom of medical research and treatment around the globe
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14 December 2010

Science and politics.
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10 December 2010

Science under politics. An Italian nightmare
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1 December 2010

The proceedings of the World Congress 2009 are now available
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22 November 2010

Treasurer of Luca Coscioni Association awarded LeaDer – Liberal Democrat Local and Regional Politicians Awards
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16 November 2010

Treasurer of Luca Coscioni Association awarded LeaDer – Liberal Democrat Local and Regional Politicians Awards
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26 October 2010

“Assisted reproduction in Europe�?
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26 October 2010

Monitoring freedom of research and cure in Italy

Research and Self Determination Index

The Research and Self-Determination Index measures the degree of freedom to investigate human biology and to exercise self-determination with regard to our bodies.
Expanding medical knowledge through research, enhancing patients’ well-being through medical treatment, and securing the best available treatment are universal aspirations shared by researchers, health care professionals and patients around the globe.
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Abortion

Abortion and contraception allow women to express their freedom of reproduction by exercising their right of self-determination over their bodies.
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Assisted reproduction

Access to assisted reproduction concerns our ability to expand our freedom of reproduction by offering us the opportunity to have children notwithstanding infertility.
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End of Life

End of life decisions concern our ability to make choices concerning the end of our lives and take of the form of refusal of life sustaining treatment, being help in committing suicide, choosing euthanasia, and make choices that must be upheld even when the person becomes unconscious.
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GM Crops

GM crops have contributed significantly to modern agriculture. Plant breeding using genetic modification techniques has led to improving crops in more targeted ways than classical breeding techniques.
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Research with embryo

Research with embryos and pre-embryos as well as therapeutic cloning concerns scientists’ freedom to investigate human biology as well as patients’ freedom to access regenerative medicine treatments that may be developed as a result of research with human embryonic stem cells.
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Right to science

The human right to science is recognized in Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 15(b) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Assisted Suicide: British developments

Freedom of medical research and treatment around the globe

Science and politics.

Science under politics. An Italian nightmare

The proceedings of the World Congress 2009 are now available

Treasurer of Luca Coscioni Association awarded LeaDer – Liberal Democrat Local and Regional Politicians Awards

Treasurer of Luca Coscioni Association awarded LeaDer – Liberal Democrat Local and Regional Politicians Awards

“Assisted reproduction in Europe�?

Monitoring freedom of research and cure in Italy

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