The Committee in a nutshell

Belgian advisory Committee on Bioethics:

• The official advisory Belgian body on bioethics established in 1993
•  The co-operation agreement of 15 January 1993 (FR-NL version) 
• 2 missions: advisory and information
• 78 members
• A bureau composed of 4 vice-chairpersons
• A secretariat
• 5 Supervisory authorities :  the Federal authorities, the Flemish, French- and German-speaking Communities and the Joint Commission for Community Matters.
• 3 values : pluralism, expertise et interdisciplinarity
• Over 100 opinions issued since its creation in 1993
• Opinions on on issues such as euthanasia, organ donation, experiments on humans and embryos, surrogacy, gamete donation and related anonymity, compulsory vaccination, the status of human remains and so on
• Biennial conference
• Library open to all

Missions and values
To request an opinion from the Committee
Opinions
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