Rules and guidelines

The alphabetical index provides links to external documents such as codes, laws, regulations, rules and guidelines. Most documents can be found under both title and author (the latter in italics). In case links lead to a collection of documents this symbol is shown:

A

• Abolition 2000 - International Petition: Missiles to Sunflowers
• ABS-Management Tool (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
• Academic freedom and university autonomy - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1762 (2006) (Council of Europe)
• AcademyHealth: Ethical Guidelines for Managing Conflicts of Interest in Health Services Research
• Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: Code of Ethics for Researchers
• Acceptance of clinical trials conducted in third countries (EMA)
• Access and Benefit Sharing: General Observations and Positions (International Chamber of Commerce)
• Access to Databases: A Set of Principles for Science in the Internet Era (ICSU)
• Access to Essential Medicines Campaign (Medecins Sans Frontieres)
• Access to rights for people with disabilities and their full and active participation in society (Council of Europe)
• ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (Association for Computing Machinery - ACM)
• A code of conduct for editors of biomedical journals (COPE)
• A code of ethics for scientists reporting and reviewing information on chemicals (article by Leon Golberg from the journal Fundamental and Applied Toxicology)
• A Code of Ethics for the fistula surgeon (article in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics)
• A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union (EU Commission)
  • A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union (Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee)
• The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Resolution on research and sustainable development
• Acts, see Swedish collection of statutes for list
• Adaptive innovation, intellectual property and the public interest: How patent extension leads to more, better and safer medicines (IFPMA)
• Advanced Performance and Responsibility Guidelines (European Association of Nuclear Medicine)
• Advancing Human Security: The Role of Technology & Politics (Pugwash Council)
• Advancing Systems Biology for Medical Applications - policy briefing no 35 (European Science Foundation)
• Advice of the IBC on the Patentability of the Human Genome (UNESCO)
• Advice regarding international scientific meetings (International Council for Science, ICSU)
• A Forest Ethic and Multivalue Forest Management (article in Journal of Forestry)
• African Network on Ethics, Law and HIV: Dakar Declaration
• AgBio World Foundation: Scientists In Support Of Agricultural Biotechnology
• Agenda 21
• Agreement between The Swedish Medical association and The Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - TRIPS (World Trade Organization - WTO)
• A Human Rights Lawyer's Appeal to Academics, by Joseph Saunders
• Akademikerförbundet SSR:
  • Etik för samhällsvetare
  • Etisk kod för socialarbetare [Code of Ethics for Social Workers]
  • Yrkesetiska riktlinjer för socionomer [Professional ethics guidelines for socionomists]
• Akwé: Kon - Voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessments regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity)
• All European Academies: European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
• Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World: Charter of Human Responsibilities
• The Alzheimer’s Society: Dementia Research (policy position)
• AMC (Holland): Research code of ethics
• American Anthropological Association:
  • Code of Ethics
  • Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology
  • Principles of Professional Responsibility
• American Association for Public Opinion Research: Code of Professional Ethics and Practices
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Ethical and legal aspects of human subjects research on the Internet: a report of a workshop
  • Stem Cell Research and Applications: Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research
• American Association of Tissue Banks: Position Statements and Guidance Documents
• American Chemical Society:
  • The Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct
  • Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research
  • Scientific Insight and Integrity in Public Policy
• American College of Emergency Physicians: Code of Ethics for Emergency Physicians
• American College of Epidemiology: Policy Statement on Sharing Data from Epidemiologic Studies
• American Historical Association: Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct
• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works: Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice
• American Mathematical Society: Ethical Guidelines
• American Medical Association: Code of Medical Ethics
• American Physical Society:
  • Guidelines for Professional Conduct
  • APS Statements
• American Psychological Association: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code Of Conduct
• American Psychological Association, Committee on Animal Research and Ethics - CARE: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
• American Public Health Association: Public Health Code of Ethics
• American Society of Agronomy: Statement of Ethics
• American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG
  • DNA Banking and DNA Analysis: Points to Consider
  • Policy Statements and Reports
  • Statement on Gene Therapy
  • Statement on Stem Cell Research
• American Sociological Association: Code of Ethics
• American Statistical Association: Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice
• Amsterdam treaty (European Union)
• An Appeal from Scientists in Japan to the Scientists and Citizens of the World: Charging Scientists with Moral Responsibility for the New Crisis in Nuclear Proliferation
• A National Action Plan for Human Rights 2006-2009 (Ministry of Justice)
• The Ancillary-Care Obligations of Medical Researchers Working in Developing Countries (Participants in the 2006 Georgetown University Workshop on the Ancillary-Care Obligations of Medical Researchers Working in Developing Countries)
• Animal experimentation and clinical studies: Ethical recommendations to ensure participants’ safety in early drug development (Report of an EFGCP workshop)
• Animal Models — Essential Elements to Address Efficacy Under the Animal Rule (FDA)
• Animal Welfare Act - SFS 1988:534
• Animal Welfare Ordinance - SFS 1988:539
• An oath for Bioscientists (Journal of Biomedical Sciences)
• An Open Letter to the Scientific Community: Recommendations for Improving Reproducibility in Biomedical Research (Baggerly a.o.)
• Ansökan om etisk prövning av djurförsök - blankett [Application form animal research]
  • Instruction for Ansökan om etisk prövning av djurförsök
• Ansökningsblankett [Application form] (The Ethical Vetting Boards)
• Användning av försöksdjur - Skrivelse 2001/02:48 (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs)
• APIC Code of ethics (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology)
• Appeal on the Sixtieth Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (The International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
• Appeal to End the Nuclear Weapons Threat to Humanity (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
• A Practical Guide for Health Researchers (WHO)
• A Public Policy for Science and Technology (The international trade union federation Public Services Internationa - PSI)
• Applied Ethics Case of the Month Club: Recommended Core Ethical Values
• Arbete med försöksdjur - AFS 1990:11 (Swedish Work Environment Authority)
• Arbetsmiljölag - SFS 1977:1160
• Arbetsmiljöverket - see Swedish Work Environment Authority
• Arkivförordning - SFS 1991:446
• Arkivlag - SFS 1990:782
• ARRIVE Guidelines for reporting animal research
• Article 29 Data Protection Working Party:
  • Document index
  • Opinion 03/2013 on purpose limitation
  • Opinion 15/2011 Consent
  • Opinion 2/2009 on the protection of children's personal data (General Guidelines and the special case of schools)
  • Opinion 4/2007 on the concept of personal data
  • Working document on Genetic Data
• A shared statement of ethical principles for those who shape and give health care (Tavistock Group)
• A Single Market for Intellectual Property Rights Boosting creativity and innovation to provide economic growth, high quality jobs and first class products and services in Europe (Communication from the Commission)
• ASME International: Code of Ethics of Engineers
• Assembly of First Nations: First Nations Health Research and Information Action Plan
• Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology: Code of Ethics
• Association for Computing Machinery - ACM:
  • ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
• Association for Medical Ethics: Ethical Rules of Disclosure
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology: APIC Code of ethics
• Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. - AAHRPP:
  • Standards and Principles
  • Reviewing Clinical Trials: A Guide For The Ethics Committee
• Association of American Universities & Association of American Medical Colleges: Protecting Patients, Preserving Integrity, Advancing Health: Accelerating the Implementation of COI Policies in Human Subjects Research
• The Association of Internet Researchers: Ethical decision-making and Internet research
• Association of Swedish Higher Education - SUHF:
  • Etiska riktlinjer för hantering av externa forskningsbidrag vid svenska universitet och högskolor
  • Etiska riktlinjer för mottagande av donationer till svenska universitet och högskolor
  • Riktlinjer för hantering vid universitet och högskolor av frågor om vetenskaplig ohederlighet
  • Övergripande principer för offentlighet och sekretess i integritetskänslig forskning
• A Standard for the Scientific and Ethical Review of Trials, ASSERT
• A Theological Framework for Bioethics (Conference of European Churches)
• Att leverera arkivmaterial till Riksarkivet, Krigsarkivet och landsarkiven - guidance for public authorities (The National Archives of Sweden)
• Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing (Office of Research Integrity)

B

• Baguio Declaration of the 2nd Asian Indigenous Women's Conference
• Bandung Declaration on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions, Traditional Knowledge, and Genetic Resources (WIPO)
• The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct
• Bangkok Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology (COMEST)
• The Barcelona Declaration (BIOMED-II Project)
• Basel Declaration - A call for more trust, transparency and communication on animal research
• Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (UN)
• Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (UN)
• BCS Code of Conduct & Code of Good Practice
• Begrepp om forskningsfusk (Swedish Research Council)
• Behandling av känsliga personuppgifter i forskningen (Swedish Data Inspection Board)
• Behandling av personuppgifter (Swedish Research Council)
• Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women
• The Bellagio Declaration (Bellagio Conference on intellectual property)
• Belmont Report (National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, USA)
  • Belmont Report Archive (Office for Human Research Protections)
• Bermuda-Quality Sequence - Policies on Release of Human Genomic Sequence Data
• Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Beslutsoförmögna personers ställning i hälso- och sjukvård, tandvård, socialtjänst - Dir. 2012:72 (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
• Best Practices for Ensuring Scientific Integrity and Preventing Misconduct (OECD)
• Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a Publisher's Perspective (Blackwell Publishing)
• Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
• Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness (The President's Council on Bioethics)
• Bias in science publishing (International Council for Science, ICSU)
• Biobanken für die Forschung (German National Ethics Council)
• Biobanker och personuppgiftslagen (Swedish Data Inspection Board report 2004:2)
• Biobankers behandling av personuppgifter (Swedish Data Inspection Board)
• Biobanks in Medical Care Act - SFS 2002:297
• Biodiversity Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Innovation in Health (IFPMA)
• Bioethics and its implications worldwide for human rights protection (93rd Inter-Parliamentary Conference)
• Bioethics committees at work: Procedures and policies - Guide book from UNESCO
• Bioethics Declaration of Gijon (International Society of Bioethics - SIBI)
• Bioethics Guidelines on Human Studies (European Nutrigenomics Organisation, NuGO)
• Bioethics, Politics and Business (Nordic Committee on Bioethics)
• Bioethics Publishing Guidelines
• Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
• BIOMED-II Project: The Barcelona Declaration
• Biotechnology Industry Organization - BIO:
  • Statements and opinions
  • Bioethics documents
• Blackwell Publishing: Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a Publisher's Perspective
• Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization (COP Decisions)
• Budapest Declaration (International Union of Food Science and Technology)
• Budapest Open Access Initiative
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)
• Buenos Aires Declaration on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
  • White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
• Business Ethics Pledge

C

• Call for a ban on human reproductive cloning (InterAcademy Panel on International Issues)
• Call for a ban on the genetic alteration of pathogens for destructive purposes (The Council for Responsible Genetics, US)
• Canadian Bioethics Society: Draft Model Code of Ethics for Bioethics
• Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists (Canadian Psychological Association)
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (United Nations & ratifying parties)
• Casebook on Benefit and Harm (UNESCO)
• Casebook on human dignity and human rights (UNESCO)
• CASRO Code of Standards and Ethics for Survey Research
• The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity: On Human Embryos and Stem Cell Research: An Appeal for Legally and Ethically Responsible Science and Public Policy
• Central Ethical Review Board:
  • Ansökningsblankett [Application form]
  • The usage of the concept of research by the Central Ethical Review Board
  • Guidance for applicants
  • Information for research participants
• Charter of Ethics (World Nuclear Association)
• The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• Charter of Human Responsibilities (Alliance for a Responsible, Plural and United World)
• The Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct (American Chemical Society)
• Chiang Mai Declaration: Saving Lives by Saving Plants (WHO/IUCN/WWF)
• Children’s Health Act of 2000 PL 106-310 (USA)
• CIOMS, see: The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
• Civilekonomerna: Yrkesetiska riktlinjer
• Civil Law Convention on Corruption (Council of Europe)
• Climos: Elements of a Code of Conduct for Ocean Fertilization Projects
• Clinical Evaluations (The Global Harmonization Task Force)
• Clinical Evidence – Key Definitions and Concepts (The Global Harmonization Task Force)
• Clinical Investigation of Medical Devices for Human Subjects - Good Clinical Practice (International Standards Organization)
• Clinical investigation of medical products in the pediatric population (ICH)
• Clinical Investigations (The Global Harmonization Task Force)
• Clinical Pharmacology in Health Care, Teaching and Research (report from CIOMS)
• Cloning Animals and Humans (Conference of European Churches)
• Le code de déontologie
• Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (COPE)
• Code of conduct for responsible nanotech research (EU Commission)
  • Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research - 7 principles (EU Commission)
• Code of Conduct for Social Science Research (UNESCO)
• Code of conduct for the researcher to study the Romani people
• Code of Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates to Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers (UNESCO)
• Code of Ethics (The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology)
• Code of Ethics (The Endocrine Society)
• Code of Ethics (The European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations)
• Code of Ethics (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations)
• Code of Ethics (International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists)
• Code of Ethics (International Association for Dental Research)
• Code of Ethics (International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees - FIET)
• Code of Ethics (The International Federation of Consulting Engineers)
• Code of Ethics (International Society for Arboriculture)
• Code of Ethics (International Society of Ethnobiology - ISE)
• Code of Ethics (The International Sociological Association)
• Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers)
• Code of Ethics (The National Society of Genetic Counselors)
• Code of Ethics (Society of Nuclear Medicine)
• Code of Ethics (Society of Professional Journalists)
• Code of Ethics (Society of Toxicology)
• Code of Ethics (SRA International)
• Code of Ethics against Misuse of Scientific Knowledge, Research and Resources (International Union of Microbiological Societies)
• Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice (American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works)
• Code of Ethics for Dentists in the European Union (Council of European Dentists)
• Code of Ethics for Emergency Nurses (Emergency Nurses Association)
• Code of Ethics for Emergency Physicians (American College of Emergency Physicians)
• Code of ethics for members of European Association for Health Information and Libraries
• Code of Ethics for Museums (The International Council of Museums - ICOM)
• Code of Ethics for Nurses (International Council of Nurses - ICN)
• Code of Ethics for Occupational Therapists (World Federation of Occupational Therapists - WFOT)
• Code of Ethics for Persons and Institutions Engaged in the Life Sciences (Pugwash)
• Code of Ethics for Pharmacists (International Pharmaceutical Federation - FIP)
• Code of Ethics for Researchers (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
• Code of Ethics of Engineers (ASME International)
• Code of Medical Ethics (American Medical Association)
• Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations)
• Code of Practice for the Operation of the European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry (European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry)
• Code of professional, social and ethical responsibility for professional and managerial staff (Union Network International, UNI)
• Code of Research Ethics: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
• Codes of Ethics (World Archaeological Congress)
• Collection, Storage, Retrieval and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research - 2008 Best Practices for Repositories (International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories)
• Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Capabilities and Expertise in Support of Efficient and Effective Regulation of Nuclear Power Plants (OECD)
• Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Good Practice and Closure Criteria (OECD)
• Collective Statement of Indigenous Peoples on the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge (Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism)
• Collective Statement on the Role of Research in a Nuclear Regulatory Context (OECD)
• COMEST, see: World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology
• Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
• Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
• Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
• Commission Directive 2003/63/EC amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
• Commission Directive 2005/28/EC laying down principles and detailed guidelines for good clinical practice as regards investigational medicinal products for human use, as well as the requirements for authorisation of the manufacturing or importation of such products
• Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells
• Commission Directive 2009/120/EC of 14 September 2009 amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use as regards advanced therapy medicinal products
• Commission Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and on a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
• Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE:
  • Guidelines
  • Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors
  • Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity cases
  • Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
  • Guidelines for retracting articles
  • How to handle authorship disputes:a guide for new researchers
• Common-Sense Rules for Research Recordkeeping: Keeping a notebook for patent purposes (Jean Lang)
• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010
• Comparative Effectiveness Research: Challenges for Medical Journals (Statement from journal editors in PLoS Medicine)
• Computer Ethics Institute: Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
• Conclusions of the workshop on the science and ethics of eugenics, held during the 18th International Congress of Genetics in Beijing, 10-15 August 1998. (International Federation of Human Genetics)
• Conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe (EU Competitiveness Council)
• The conduct of ethical research collaboration across international and culturally diverse communities (Midwifery)
• Conference of European Churches:
  • A Theological Framework for Bioethics
  • Therapeutic Uses of Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells
  • Cloning Animals and Humans
  • Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions
• Conscience Clause for Scientists and Engineers (ILO)
• Consensus Guidance for Banking and Supply of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Research Purposes (International Stem Cell Forum)
• Consensus Statement on Dignity in Illness, Disability, and Dying and a Response to the UNESCO Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (International Association of Catholic Bioethicists)
• Consensus Statement on stem cells, ethics and law (Hinxton Group)
• Consensus Statement: Science, Ethics and Policy Challenges of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Gametes (Hinxton Group)
• Considerations regarding the Co-existence of GMO, non-GMO and organic farming (Greenpeace)
• Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards (CHEERS) statement
• CONSORT group: Statement on Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
• Constitution (World Federation of Science Journalists)
• Convention against Corruption (United Nations)
• Convention concerning Safety in the use of Chemicals at Work (International Labour Organization)
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (UNESCO)
• Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on human rights and biomedicine ETS No. 164 (Council of Europe), see also these additions:
  • Additional Protocol on Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings, ETS No.168
  • Additional Protocol on Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin
  • Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research
  • Opinion No. 202 (1997) on the draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine on the prohibition of cloning human beings (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Opinion No. 252 (2004) on Draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on biomedical research (Parliamentary Assembly)
• Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms (Council of Europe)
• Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data, ETS No. 108 (Council of Europe)
• Convention For the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992)
  • Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing: Bonn Guidelines
  • Akwé: Kon - Voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessments regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity)
  • The Tkarihwaié:ri Code of Ethical Conduct to Ensure Respect for the Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Indigenous and Local Communities
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (United Nations)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (United Nations)
• Convention on the grant of European Patents - European Patent Convention (European Patent Organisation)
• Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (CWC)
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNHCHR)
• Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity cases: guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
• COPE, see Committee on Publication Ethics (UK)
• Copyright in the knowledge economy - green paper (EU Commission)
• Copyright Treaty (World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)
• Council for Biotechnology Policy: The Sanctity of Life in a Brave New World
• The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS
  • Clinical Pharmacology in Health Care, Teaching and Research (report)
  • Declaration of Inuyama - Human Genome Mapping, Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy
  • International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects
  • International Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Studies
  • International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals
  • Management of Safety Information from Clinical Trials (report)
  • Principles of Medical Ethics Relevant to the Protection of Prisoners Against Torture
• Council for Responsible Genetics, USA:
  • Call for a ban on the genetic alteration of pathogens for destructive purposes
  • The Genetic Bill of Rights
  • Position Paper on Genetic Discrimination
  • Position paper on human germline manipulation
  • Position Statement on Cloning
• Council for Science & Technology, UK: Universal ethical code for scientists
• Council for Secular Humanism: Declaration in Defense of Cloning and the Integrity of Scientific Research
• Council of Europe:
  • Texts of the Council of Europe on bioethical matters volume I
  • Texts of the Council of Europe on bioethical matters volume II
  • Academic freedom and university autonomy - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1762 (2006)
  • Access to rights for people with disabilities and their full and active participation in society
  • Civil Law Convention on Corruption
  • Convention for the protection of human rights and dignity of the human being with regard to the application of biology and medicine: Convention on human rights and biomedicine ETS No. 164 . See also additions below:
    • Additional Protocol on Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings, ETS No.168
    • Additional Protocol on Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin
    • Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Biomedical Research
    • Opinion No. 202 (1997) on the draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine on the prohibition of cloning human beings (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
    • Opinion No. 252 (2004) on Draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on biomedical research (Europarådet - Parliamentary Assembly)
    • Explanatory Report to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine Concerning Biomedical Research
  • Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, see also: Protocol no 12 to the European Convention on human rights
  • Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data, ETS No. 108
  • Criminal Law Convention on Corruption
    • Additional protocol, ETS No. 191
  • Declaration on Banning the Cloning of Human Beings
  • Declaration on equality of women and men
  • Draft Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents
  • Draft Guide for Research Ethics Committee Members
  • European convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
    • Protocol of amendment
  • European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights
  • European Cultural Convention ETS No. 18
  • European Social Charter
  • Fundamental rights and responsibilities (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Order No. 534 (1997) on research and the cloning of human beings (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Protecting human rights and dignity by taking into account previously expressed wishes of patients (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • The Protection of whistle-blowers (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1046 (1986) on the use of human embryos and foetuses for diagnostic, therapeutic, scientific, industrial and commercial purposes (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1100 (1989) on the use of human embryos and foetuses in scientific research (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1121 (1990) on the rights of children (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1229 (1994) on equality of rights between men and women (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1235 (1994) on psychiatry and human rights (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1468 (2000) Biotechnologies (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1512 (2001) Protection of the Human Genome (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1762 (2006) Academic freedom and university autonomy (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1787 (2007) The precautionary principle and responsible risk management (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Recommendation 1864 (2009) Promoting the participation by children in decisions affecting them
  • Rec(99)4E on principles concerning the legal protection of incapable adults
  • Recommendation (2000) 8 on the research mission of universities
  • Recommendation (2000) 10 on codes of conducts for public officials
  • Recommendation (2003) 10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on xenotransplantation
  • Recommendation (2004) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Convention on Human Rights in university education and professional training
  • Recommendation (2004) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the verification of the compatibility of draft laws, existing laws and administrative practice with the standards laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights
  • Recommendation (2004) 10 on the protection of the human rights and dignity of persons with mental disorder and its Explanatory Memorandum
  • Recommendation (2006) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on research on biological materials of human origin
    • Explanatory Memorandum to the Recommendation on Research on Biological Materials of Human Origin
  • Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Resolution 1273 on Scientific Communication (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
  • Resolution 1352 on Human Stem Cell Research (Parliamentary Assembly)
  • White Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients in a psychiatric establishment (Steering Committee on Bioethics)
• Council of European Dentists: Code of Ethics for Dentists in the European Union
• Council of Science Editors:
  • CSE Policies
  • Recommendations for Group-Author Articles in Scientific Journals and Bibliometric Databases
  • White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications
  • Who's the Author? Problems with Biomedical Authorship, and Some Possible Solutions
• Council on Social Work Education: National Statement on Research Integrity in Social Work
• Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases (OECD book)
• Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (Council of Europe)
• CUDOS Norms

D

• Dakar Declaration (African Network on Ethics, Law and HIV)
• Dakar Declaration (COMEST)
• (The Swedish) Data Inspection Board:
  • Authority regulations from the Swedish Data Inspection Board
  • Answers to consultations from the Swedish Data Inspection Board
    • Personuppgiftsansvar vid kliniska prövningar
    • Fråga om personuppgiftsansvar vid forskning på avancerad studienivå
    • Utlämnande av patientinformation för forskningsändamål
  • Behandling av känsliga personuppgifter i forskningen
  • Biobanker och personuppgiftslagen
  • Biobankers behandling av personuppgifter
  • En ny biobankslag - SOU 2010:81
  • Genomförande av Inspire-direktivet i svensk lagstiftning; förslag till ny miljöinformationslag och –förordning m.m.
  • Hur länge får personuppgifter bevaras?
  • Informationssäkerhet
  • Information till registrerade
  • Intresseavvägning enligt personuppgiftslagen
  • Kommissionens förslag till dataskyddsförordning
    (KOM (2012) 11 slutlig) (Opinion)
  • Personuppgifter i genforskning – uppföljning av förhandskontroller
  • Personuppgifter i forskningen — vilka regler gäller?
  • Samtycke enligt personuppgiftslagen
  • Säkerhet för personuppgifter - allmänna råd
• Data storage and DNA banking: quality issues, confidentiality, informed consent (European Society of Human Genetics)
• Data privacy, medical record confidentiality, and research in the interest of public health (International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology - ISPE)
• Declaration in Defense of Cloning and the Integrity of Scientific Research (Council for Secular Humanism)
• Declaration of Geneva - International Code of Medical Ethics (World Medical Association)
• Declaration of Hamburg - Declaration Concerning Support for Medical Doctors Refusing to Participate in, or to Condone, the Use of Torture or Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (World Medical Association)
• Declaration of Hawaii (World Psychiatric Association - WPA)
• Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (World Medical Association)
  • Clarification on Declaration of Helsinki
  • Workgroup report on the revision of paragraph 30 of the Declaration of Helsinki
• Declaration of Inuyama - Human Genome Mapping, Genetic Screening and Gene Therapy (Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences)
• Declaration of Madrid - Ethics and Psychiatry (World Psychiatric Association)
• Declaration of Oaxaca (UNESCO)
• Declaration of Ottawa on the Rights of the Child to Health Care (World Medical Association)
• Declaration of Paris - Health through Peace (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - IPPNW)
• Declaration of the Budapest World Science Forum 2011 on a New Era of Global Science
• Declaration of Washington on Biological Weapons (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Databases (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Nuclear Weapons (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Physician Independence and Professional Freedom (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation (World Medical Association)
• Declaration on Professional Ethics (International Statistical Institute)
• Declaration on science and the use of scientific knowledge (World Conference on Science)
• Declaration on the Autonomy of Medical Specialist Practice (European Union of Medical Specialists)
• Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations (UNESCO)
• Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (United Nations)
• Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (United Nations)
• Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health, the Doha declaration (World Trade Organization)
• Definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories (International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH)
• Delegation för jämställdhet i högskolan - Dir 2009:7 (Ministry of Education)
• Dementia Research (Policy Position from The Alzheimer’s Society)
• Demographic and health surveillance: longitudinal ethical considerations (article in Bulletin of the World Health Organization by M Carrel & S Rennie)
• The Department of the Interior, US: Integrity of Scientific and Scholarly Activities
• Detailed guidance on the application format and documentation to be submitted in an application for an Ethics Committee opinion on the clinical trial on medicinal products for human use (EU Commission)
• Developing a policy for paediatric biobanks: principles for good practice (Article in European Journal of Human Genetics)
• Development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering (Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament)
• Disabeld People International - DPI
  • Disabled People Speak on the New Genetics - 10 Key Demands
  • Position Paper on Bioethics
  • The Right to Live and be Different
• Discrimination Act - SFS 2008:567
• Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, C111 (International Labour Organization - ILO)
• DNA Banking and DNA Analysis: Points to Consider (American Society of Human Genetics)
• Doha declaration: Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health (World Trade Organization)
• Doing research with refugees -Issues and guidelines (book)
• Draft Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents
• Draft Final Statement of IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance (International Bioethics Committee)
• Draft Guide for Research Ethics Committee Members (Steering Committee on Bioethics, Council of Europe)
• Draft Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (UN-REDD Programme)
• Draft Model Aggregated Code of Ethics for Bioethicists (Robert Baker 2005)
• Draft Model Code of Ethics for Bioethics (Canada)
• Draft reflection paper on ethical and GCP aspects of clinical trials of medicinal products for human use conducted in third countries and submitted in marketing authorisation applications to the EMA
• Draft World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on bioethics

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• e-Health Ethics Initiative (The Internet Healthcare Coalition)
• Earth Charter
• EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles (European Association of Science Editors)
• EC-US Task Force on Biotechnology Research: Documents library
• Editorial policies (Nature)
• Editorial Policy Statements (Council of Science Editors)
• Educating Bioethics Committees - Guide book no 3 (UNESCO)
• Electronic Standards for the Transfer of Regulatory Information ESTRI (International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH)
• Elements of a Code of Conduct for Ocean Fertilization Projects (Climos)
• Elements of informed consent for pharmacogenetic research; perspective of the pharmacogenetics working group (Pharmacogenetics Working Group)
• EMBO Statement on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the public (European Molecular Biology Organization)
• EMA - see European Medicines Agency
• Emergency Nurses Association: Code of Ethics for Emergency Nurses
• Emerging Challenges: Nanotechnology and the environment (United Nations)
• ENCePP Code of Conduct (European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance)
• The Endocrine Society: Code of Ethics
• En nationell handlingsplan för säker användning och hantering av nanomaterial - Dir. 2012:89 (Ministry of Environment)
• En ny biobankslag - SOU 2010:81 (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
  • En ny biobankslag - SOU 2010:81 (The Swedish Data Inspection Board)
• En ny upphovsrättslag - SOU 2011:32 (Department of Justice)
• En sammanhållen reglering avseende ställföreträdare för patienter med bristande beslutsförmåga (Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics)
• Environmental Code, The Swedish
• Environmental impact of forestry - Guidelines for its assessment in development countries (Food and Agricultute Organization of the United Nations - FAO)
• Environmental Protection Agency, U.S.: Protections for Subjects in Human Research
• The Erice Declaration - on Communicating Drug Safety Information (International Conference on Developing Effective Communications in Pharmacovigilance)
• ESOMAR International Code on Marketing and Social Research Practice
• Establishing Bioethics Committees - Guide book from UNESCO
• Ethical and legal aspects of human subjects research on the Internet: a report of a workshop (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
• Ethical aspects of biomedical research in developing countries (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies - EU)
• Ethical aspects of clinical research in developing countries (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies - EU)
• Ethical Aspects of Cloning Techniques (The Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB) to the European Commission)
• Ethical Aspects of Genetic Modification of Animals (The Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB) to the European Commission)
• Ethical Aspects of Human Stem Cell Research and Use (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies - EU)
• Ethical aspects of human tissue banking (European Group on the Ethical Implications of Science and new Technologies, EU)
• Ethical Aspects of ICT Implants in the Human Body (European Group on the Ethical Implications of Science and new Technologies, EU)
• Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine (The European Group on Ethics)
• Ethical aspects of patenting inventions involving human stem cells (European Group on the Ethical Implications of Science and new Technologies, EU)
• Ethical Aspects of Research involving the Use of Human Embryo in the Context of the 5th Framework Programme (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, EU
• Ethical challenges in study design and informed consent for health research in resource-poor settings (WHO report, includes author's ethical recommendations)
• Ethical conduct in international research in midwifery (International Confederation of Midwives)
• Ethical considerations for clinical trials on medicinal products conducted with the pediatric population (European Union)
• Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials (UNAIDS)
• Ethical considerations in HIV preventive vaccine research (UNAIDS)
• Ethical decision-making and Internet research (The Association of Internet Researchers)
• Ethical Guidelines for Biotechnology (Center for Ethics and Toxics in Gualala, California)
• Ethical guidelines for epidemiological research (The Swedish Medical Research Council)
• Ethical Guidelines for International Comparative Social Science Research in the framework of MOST (Management of Social Transformations - MOST, UNESCO)
• Ethical Guidelines for Managing Conflicts of Interest in Health Services Research (AcademyHealth)
• Ethical Guidelines for Pain Research in Humans (International Association for the Study of Pain)
• Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers (COPE)
• Ethical Guidelines for Research Online (Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Ethics guidelines for research with the recently dead (in Nature Medicine)
• Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice (American Statistical Association)
• Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Human Embryonic or fetal Tissue for Experimental and Clinical Neurotransplantation and Research (Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration - NECTAR)
• Ethical guidelines for university teachers (SULF)
• Ethical Guidelines of the American Mathematical Society
• Ethical Guidelines of the European Association for Psychotherapy
• Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research (American Chemical Society)
• Ethical issues of healthcare in the information society (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, EU)
• Ethical, legal and social aspects of genetic testing: research, development and clinical applications (European Commission report, Brussels 2004)
• Ethical Practice Guidelines for authors, journal editors and other partners in addiction publishing (ISAJE Ethics Group)
• Ethical Practices of Journal Editors: Voluntary Code of Conduct
• Ethical Principles (World Confederation for Physical Therapy)
• Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code Of Conduct (APA)
• Ethical Rules of Disclosure (Association for Medical Ethics)
• Ethical Standards in Health & Life Sciences Group, UK: Guidance on collaboration between healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical industry
• Ethical Vettings Boards:
  • Ansökningsblankett [Application form]
  • Guidance for applicants
  • Information for research participants
• Ethics: A Weapon to Counter Bioterrorism - paper by Margaret A. Somerville and Ronald M. Atlas in Science
• Ethics Guidance for Research (HIV Prevention Trials Network)
• Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists (The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology)
• Ethics Guidelines for Undertaking ICT Research in FP7 (EU)
• Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles (International Federation of Social Workers)
• The ethics of characterizing difference: guiding principles on using racial categories in human genetics (article from Genome Biology)
• Ethics of information and communication technologies - Opinion no 26 (The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, EU)
• Ethics of modern developments in agriculture technologies - Opinion no 24 (European Group on Ethics)
• The ethics of research using electronic mail discussion groups (by Debbie Kralik et.al. in Journal of Advanced Nursing 52:5, 537–45)
• Ethics of Science and Technology: explorations of the frontiers of science and ethics (UNESCO book)
• Ethics of synthetic biology . opinion no 25 (European Group on Ethics)
• Etiska aspekter på nanoteknik (SMER)
• Etiska regler (Swedish Society for Occupational and Environmental Hygenists - SYMF)
• Etiska regler för sjukgymnaster (Swedish Association of Registered Physiotherapists)
• Etiska regler för terapeutisk verksamhet (Swedish Association of Authorized Gestalt Therapists)
• Etiska riktlinjer (The Swedish Association of Logopedists)
• Etiska riktlinjer (Swedish Dental Association)
• Etiska riktlinjer for members of Riksföreningen Psykoterapi Centrum - RPC
• Etiska riktlinjer för farmacevter (Swedish Pharmaceutical Association)
• Etiska riktlinjer för hantering av externa forskningsbidrag vid svenska universitet och högskolor (The Association of Swedish Higher Education, SUHF)
• Etiska riktlinjer för mottagande av donationer till svenska universitet och högskolor (SUHF)
• Etiska riktlinjer för omvårdnadsforskning i Norden (Northern Nurses' Federation)
• Etiska riktlinjer i socialt arbete (SKTF)
• Det Etiske Råds udtalelse om kloning (Det Etiske Råd, Denmark)
• Etisk kod (Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists - FSA)
• Etisk kod för socialarbetare [Code of Ethics for Social Workers] (Akademikerförbundet SSR)
• Etiskt godkännande av djurförsök - nya former för överprövning - SOU 2007:57 (Ministry of Agriculture)
• EudraLex - Volume 1 - Pharmaceutical Legislation: Medicinal Products for Human Use
• EudraLex - Volume 3: Scientific guidelines for medicinal products for human use
• EudraLex - Volume 10: Clinical trials guidelines
• EU REACH Enforcement project - Final report 2008 (Nordic Council of Ministers)
• EUREC Declaration - Creation of a European Network of Research Ethics Committees (Conference statement, Brussels, January 2005)
• Europabio:
  • Europabio's core ethical values
  • Position papers
• European Association for Health Information and Libraries: Code of ethics
• European Association for Psychotherapy: Ethical Guidelines
• European Association of Nuclear Medicine: Advanced Performance and Responsibility Guidelines
• European Association of Science Editors:
  • EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles
  • Science Editors' Handbook
• European Center for the Validation of Alternative Methods: The ECVAM search guide: Good search practice on animal alternatives
• European Chemicals Agency: How to avoid unnecessary testing on animals
• European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (European Science Foundation and All European Academies)
• The European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations: Code of Ethics
• The European Conference of National Ethics Committees (COMETH): 8th Conference Declaration on “Meeting the challenges of changing societies”
• European convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes - Protocol of Amendment (Council of Europe)
• European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights (Council of Europe)
• European Cultural Convention ETS No. 18 (Council of Europe)
• European Epidemiology Group: Good epidemiological practice: proper conduct in epidemiological research
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA): Pharmacogenetics in Medicinal Product Research and Development, Positon Paper
• European Federation of Psychologists' Associations: Code of Ethics
• European Food Safety Authority: Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare and Environmental Impact of Animals derived from Cloning by Somatic Cell Nucleus Transfer (SCNT) and their Offspring and Products Obtained from those Animals
  • Update
• European Forum for Good Clinical Practice:
  • EFGCP Guidelines
  • Animal experimentation and clinical studies: Ethical recommendations to ensure participants’ safety in early drug development
  • Guidelines and Recommendations for European Ethics Committees
  • Guidelines for Retention of Clinical Trial Records at Investigator Study Sites
  • The Procedure for the Ethical Review of Protocols for Clinical Research Projects in the European Union (report)
• The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, European Union:
  • Ethical aspects of biomedical research in developing countries
  • Ethical aspects of clinical research in developing countries
  • Ethical issues of healthcare in the information society
  • Ethical Aspects of Human Stem Cell Research and Use
  • Ethical aspects of human tissue banking
  • Ethical Aspects of ICT Implants in the Human Body
  • Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine
  • Ethical aspects of patenting inventions involving human stem cells
  • Ethical Aspects of Research involving the Use of Human Embryo in the Context of the 5th Framework Programme
  • Ethics of information and communication technologies - Opinion no 26
  • Ethics of modern developments in agriculture technologies
  • Ethics of synthetic biology
  • Position of the European Group on Ethics on the EC Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on Clinical Trials COM (2012) 369 final
  • Recommendations on the ethical review of hESC FP7 research projects
• European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry: Code of Practice for the Operation of the European Human Embryonic Stem Cell Registry
• European Medical Research Councils: Position on the Directive on the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes
• European Medical Writers Association:
  • Ghostwriting Guidelines
  • Guidelines on the role of medical writers in developing peer-reviewed publications
• European Medicines Agency - EMA
  • Human medicines document index
  • EudraVigilance document index
  • EudraLex - Volume 3: Scientific guidelines for medicinal products for human use
  • EudraLex - Volume 10: Clinical trials guidelines
  • Acceptance of clinical trials conducted in third countries
  • Coordination of pre-approval GxP Inspections. Standard Operating Procedure
  • Draft reflection paper on ethical and GCP aspects of clinical trials of medicinal products for human use conducted in third countries and submitted in marketing authorisation applications to the EMA
  • Ethical considerations for clinical trials on medicinal products conducted with the pediatric population
  • General Principles: EMA- FDA Parallel Scientific Advice
  • Good Manufacturing Practice Guide For Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
  • Guideline on Conduct of Pharmacovigilance for Medicines Used by the Paediatric Population
  • Guideline on Missing data in confirmatory clinical trials
  • Guideline on strategies to identify and mitigate risks for first-inhuman clinical trials with investigational medicinal products
  • Guideline on the investigation of medicinal products in the term and preterm neonate
  • Note for guidance on definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories
  • Note for guidance on general considerations for clinical trials
  • Note for guidance on statistical principles for clinical trials
  • Note for guidance on the quality, preclinical and clinical aspects of gene transfer medicinal products
  • Reflection paper on ethical and GCP aspects of clinical trials of medicinal products for human use conducted in third countries and submitted in marketing authorisation applications to the EMA
  • Reflection Paper on Pharmacogenomic Samples, Testing and Data Handling
  • Reflection paper on stem cell-based medicinal products
  • Reflection paper on the use of pharmacogenetics in the pharmacokinetic evaluation of medicinal products
  • Report on the experts round table on the difficulties related to the use of new medicinal products in children
• European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance: ENCePP Code of Conduct
• European Nutrigenomics Organisation - NuGO: Bioethics Guidelines on Human Studies
• European organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC:
  • Policies and Legal Aspects
  • EORTC Tissue Research Policy
• European Patent Convention (European Patent Organisation)
• European Research Advisory Board:
  • Research and Societal Engagement
  • “Science and Society”: An agenda for a responsive and responsible European science in FP7
  • Scientific Publication: Policy on Open Access
• European Research Council: Guidelines for Open Access
• European Science Foundation
  • Policy briefings, including:
    • Advancing Systems Biology for Medical Applications - policy briefing no 35
    • The Future of European Science and Technology Policy - policy briefing no 6
    • Genetically modified plants - policy briefing no 12
    • Good Scientific Practice in Research and Scholarship - policy briefing no 10
    • Human Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine – A European Perspective on Scientific, Ethical and Legal Issues - policy briefing 38
    • Human stem cell research: scientific uncertainties and ethical dilemmas - policy briefing no 18
    • Open Access in Biomedical Research - policy briefing no 47
    • Open Access: Restoring Scientific Communication to its Rightful Owners - policy briefing no 21
    • Population Surveys and Biobanking - Policy Briefing 32
    • Research Integrity: global responsibility to foster common standards - policy briefing no 30
    • Research on Infectious Diseases - policy briefing no 24
    • Rheumatic Diseases: A Major Challenge for European Research and Health Care - policy briefing no 26
    • Science Communication in Europe - policy briefing no 20
    • Scientific Forward Look on Nanomedicine - policy briefing no 23
    • Statement on the Green Paper on European space policy - policy briefing no 22
    • Structural Medicine: the importance of Glycomics for Health and Disease - policy briefing no 27
    • Use of animals in research - policy briefing no 9
  • European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (European Science Foundation and All European Academies)
  • Fostering Research Integrity in Europe (Executive report)
  • Peer Review - Its present and future state (Conference Report)
  • Position on the Directive on the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes (ESF–EMRC Position Paper)
  • Proposal for a revision of the Clinical Trials Directive (2001/20/EC) and other recommendations to facilitate clinical trials (ESF–EMRC Position Paper)
  • Stewards of Integrity – Institutional Approaches to Promote and Safeguard Good Research Practice in Europe
• European Social Charter (Council of Europe)
• European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research, ESOMAR:
  • Tape and video recording and client observation of interviews and group discussions
  • Guideline for online research
  • Guideline on Research via Mobile Phone
  • ICC/ESOMAR International Code of Marketing and Social Research Practice
• European Society of Human Genetics: Professional and Public Policy Committee
  • Document index
  • Data storage and DNA banking: quality issues, confidentiality, informed consent
  • The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (European Commission, European Society of Human Genetics and European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)
  • Recommendations on Patenting and licensing in genetic testing: ethical, legal and social issues
• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology: The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (with European Commission and European Society of Human Genetics)
• European Space Policy (European Union)
• European Textbook on Ethics in Research (EU-commission)
  • Syllabus on Ethics in Research - Addendum to the European Textbook on Ethics in Research
• European Union of Medical Specialists: Declaration on the Autonomy of Medical Specialist Practice
• European Union, see also the particular institutions working within the EU
  • Treaty establishing the European Community
  • Amsterdam treaty
  • The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
  • Sixth European Community environment programme: towards sustainability
  • Ethics Guidelines for Undertaking ICT Research in FP7
  • Guidance Note for Researchers and Evaluators of Social Sciences and Humanities Research
  • The Commission
    • EudraLex - Volume 1 - Pharmaceutical Legislation: Medicinal Products for Human Use
    • EudraLex - Volume 3: Scientific guidelines for medicinal products for human use
    • EudraLex - Volume 10: Clinical trials guidelines
    • A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union
      • A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union (Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee)
    • A Single Market for Intellectual Property Rights Boosting creativity and innovation to provide economic growth, high quality jobs and first class products and services in Europe (Communication)
    • Code of conduct for responsible nanotech research
      • Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research - 7 principles
    • Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
    • Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
    • Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (1)(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)
    • Commission Decision of 27 December 2004 amending Decision 2001/497/EC as regards the introduction of an alternative set of standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries, 2004/915/EC
    • Commission Directive 2003/63/EC amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
    • Commission Directive 2003/94/EC of 8 October 2003 laying down the principles and guidelines of good manufacturing practice in respect of medicinal products for human use and investigational medicinal products for human use
    • Commission Directive 2005/28/EC laying down principles and detailed guidelines for good clinical practice as regards investigational medicinal products for human use, as well as the requirements for authorisation of the manufacturing or importation of such products
    • Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells
    • Commission Directive 2006/86/EC of 24 October 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
    • Commission Directive 2009/120/EC of 14 September 2009 amending Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use as regards advanced therapy medicinal products
    • Commission Guideline — Guidance on posting and publication of result-related information on clinical trials in relation to the implementation of Article 57(2) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and Article 41(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006
    • Commission Recommendation of 17.7.2012 on access to and preservation of scientific information
    • Commission Recommendation of 18 June 2007 on guidelines for the accommodation and care of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes
    • Commission Recommendation on the management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer activities and Code of Practice for universities and other public research organisations
    • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1768/95 of 24 July 1995 implementing rules on the agricultural exemption provided for in Article 14 (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights
    • Copyright in the knowledge economy - green paper
    • Decision of 23 February 2004 laying down detailed arrangements for the operation of the registers for recording information on genetic modifications in GMOs, provided for in Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
    • Detailed guidance on the application format and documentation to be submitted in an application for an Ethics Committee opinion on the clinical trial on medicinal products for human use
    • Development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering (Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament)
    • EUREC Declaration - Creation of a European Network of Research Ethics Committees (Conference statement, Brussels, January 2005)
    • European Space Policy
    • European Textbook on Ethics in Research
      • Syllabus on Ethics in Research - Addendum to the European Textbook on Ethics in Research
    • From the ethics of technology towards an ethics of knowledge policy & knowledge assessment
    • Global Governance of Science
    • Green paper - Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union
    • Green Paper - European Space Policy. COM/2003/0017 final
    • The Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (GAEIB) to the European Commission
      • Ethical Aspects of Cloning Techniques
      • Ethical Aspects of Genetic Modification of Animals
    • Guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming
    • Improving knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry across Europe: Voluntary guidelines for universities and other research institutions to improve their links with industry across Europe
    • The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (European Commission, European Society of Human Genetics and European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)
    • Nanotechnologies: A Preliminary Risk Analysis on the Basis of a Workshop Organized in Brussels on 1-2 March 2004 by the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission
    • National Competent Authorities for the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes; working document on genetically altered animals
    • National Competent Authorities for the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes; Working document on specific articles in Directive 2010/63/EU
    • Recommendation on the European Charter for Researchers and on a Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers
    • Regulatory Aspects of Nanomaterials. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee
    • Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publications markets in Europe
    • Survey on opinions from national ethics committees or similar bodies, public debate and national legislation in relation to human embryonic stem cell research and use: Volume II, Countries acceding to the EU, countries associated to FP6 and third countries - European Commission report, September 2003
    • The role of the universities in the Europe of knowledge (Communication)
    • 25 recommendations on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic testing
    • Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
  • European Parliament & the Council
    • Conclusions on 2 December 2003 on Medical Devices
    • Conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe (EU Competitiveness Council)
    • Council Joint Action 2008/307/CFSP of 14 April 2008 in support of World Health organization activities in the area of laboratory bio-safety and bio-security in the framework of the European Union Strategy against the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
    • Decision of 17 November 2003 on the accession of the European Community to the Codex Alimentarius Commission
    • Decision 2004/597/EC of 19 July 2004 approving the accession of the European Community to the International Plant Protection Convention, as revised and approved by Resolution 12/97 of the 29th Session of the FAO Conference in November 1997
    • Decision 2004/644/EC of 13 September 2004 adopting implementing rules concerning Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data
    • Decision 2004/869/EC of 24 February 2004 concerning the conclusion, on behalf of’ the European Community, of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
    • Decision of 30 May 2005 approving the accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as revised at Geneva on 19 March 1991
    • Decision 2012/421/CFSP of 23 July 2012 in support of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), in the framework of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
    • Declaration of the European Parliament on the use of primates in scientific experiments
    • Directive 76/207/ECC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions
    • Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms
    • Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
    • Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market
    • Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions
    • Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs
    • Directive 2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
    • Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
    • Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms
    • Directive 2001/20/EC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the implementation of good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use
    • Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
    • Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
    • Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications).
    • Directive 2004/9/EC on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (Codified version)
    • Directive 2004/10/EC on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances (codified version)
    • Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
      • Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues and cells
      • Commission Directive 2006/86/EC of 24 October 2006 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
    • Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
    • Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights
    • Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market
    • Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms
    • Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
    • Equality roadmap. European Parliament resolution of 13 March 2007 on a roadmap for equality between women and men (2006-2010)
    • Planned egg cell trade. European Parliament resolution on the trade in human egg cells
    • Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC
    • Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on medical devices, and amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009
    • Proposal for Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection
      • Proposal for a council regulation on the community patent (homepage)
    • Regulation No 2309/93 of 22 July 1993 laying down Community procedures for the authorization and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
    • Regulation No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights
    • Regulation No 258/97 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients
    • Regulation No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data
    • Regulation No 6/2002 on Community designs
    • Regulation No 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety
    • Regulation No 1829/2003 on genetically modified food and feed
    • Regulation No 1946/2003 on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms
    • Regulation No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency
    • Regulation No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed
    • Regulation No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs
    • Regulation No 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
    • Regulation No 1902/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 amending Regulation 1901/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use
    • Regulation No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
    • Regulation No 329/2007 of 27 March 2007 concerning restrictive measures against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
    • Regulation No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
    • Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items
    • Regulation (EU) No 267/2012 of 23 March 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EU) No 961/2010
    • Report on regulatory aspects of nanomaterials (Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety)
    • Resolution of 21 May 2008 on women and science (European Parliament)
    • Resolution of 10 May 2012 on the patenting of essential biological processes (European Parliament)
    • Resolution of 11 September 2012 on voluntary and unpaid donation of tissues and cells (European Parliament)
    • Resolution of 11 September 2012 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance
    • Resolution of 11 September 2012 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 as regards pharmacovigilance
    • Resolution of 11 December 2012 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection
    • Resolution of 15 January 2013 on development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources: the impact on poverty reduction in developing countries
    • Resolution on equality between women and men in the European Union (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on equality between women and men in the European Union - 2007 (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on human cloning
    • Resolution on Major and Neglected Diseases in Developing Countries
    • Resolution on nanosciences and nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: A role for the European Parliament (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on patents for biotechnological inventions
    • Resolution on regulatory aspects of nanomaterials (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on science and technology - Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research
    • Resolution on the draft Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on the ethical and legal problems of genetic engineering (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012–2015 (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on the follow-up of the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (2007)
    • Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine
    • Resolution on the trade in human egg cells
    • Resolution on the TRIPS Agreement and access to medicines (European Parliament)
    • Resolution on Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child (European Parliament)
  • Other
    • Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Patients' rights’(2008/C 10/18)
• European Union of Medical Specialists: Declaration on the Autonomy of Medical Specialist Practice
• European University Association: Graz Declaration on The Role of Universities - to 2010 and Beyond
• Evaluation and Recommendations on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Guidelines for Phase I–III Clinical Trials (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Exception from informed consent requirements for emergency research (U.S. Food & Drug Administration)
• Explanatory Memorandum to the Recommendation on Research on Biological Materials of Human Origin (Council of Europe)
• Explanatory Report to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine Concerning Biomedical Research (Council of Europe)

F

• FAO -Food and Agricultute Organization of the United Nations
  • Code of Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates to Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • Environmental impact of forestry - Guidelines for its assessment in development countries
  • FAO Pesticide Management Guidelines
  • Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • International Code of Conduct for Plant Germplasm Collecting and Transfer
  • International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  • The Legal Framework for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources (FAO)
  • List of Standards and other related texts adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission - Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
• Federal Policy on Research Misconduct (USA)
• Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations - FELASA: Policy documents & Recommendations
• Final Communiqué on "The dignity of human procreation and reproductive technologies. Anthropological and ethical aspects" (Vatican)
• Financial Relationships and Interests in Research Involving Human Subjects: Guidance for Human Subject Protection (applies to all human subjects research conducted or supported by HHS agencies or regulated by the Food and Drug Administration in the USA)
• First Nations Health Research and Information Action Plan (Assembly of First Nations May 2005)
• Food and Drug Administration, US:
  • Guidance Documents
  • Amendments Act of 2007
  • Animal Models — Essential Elements to Address Efficacy Under the Animal Rule
  • Exception from informed consent requirements for emergency research (U.S. Food & Drug Administration)
  • General Principles: EMA- FDA Parallel Scientific Advice
  • Guidance for Industry Codevelopment of Two or More Unmarketed Investigational Drugs for Use in Combination
  • Nanotechnology: A Report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force July 25, 2007
• Food Safety, Animal Health and Welfare and Environmental Impact of Animals derived from Cloning by Somatic Cell Nucleus Transfer (SCNT) and their Offspring and Products Obtained from those Animals (European Food Safety Authority)
  • Update
• Forest Ethics: the role of ethical dialogue in the fate of the forests. Comparing and contrasting the international forest policy dialogue with the Earth Charter Initiative (International Institute for Environment and Development)
• Forest Stewardship Council: Good practice guide to meeting FSC certification requirements for biodiversity and High Conservation Value Forests in Small
  and Low Intensity Managed Forests
• Formas' Handbook 2009 - for application of grants and evaluation of proposals, incl. a Codex Ethicus
• Forskningsetiska riktlinjer för nyttjande av biobanker för forskningsändamål (Swedish Research Council)
• Fostering Research Integrity in Europe (Executive report from European Science Foundation)
• Framtidens miljö - allas vårt ansvar: SOU 2000:52
• Freedom in the Conduct of Science (International Council for Science - ICSU)
• Freedom, Responsibility and Universality of Science (Booklet from Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science of the International Council for Science - ICSU)
• From the ethics of technology towards an ethics of knowledge policy & knowledge assessment (EU Commission)
• From Understanding to Action: Community-Based Options for Improving Safety and Security in Synthetic Biology
• Fundamental rights and responsibilities (Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly)
• Future action in the field of patents (Resolution from European Parliament)
• The Future of European Science and Technology Policy - Policy Briefing no 6 (European Science Foundation)
• Förordning för Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet - SFS 1993:221
• Förordning om biverkningsregister angående läkemedel - SFS 1997:143
• Förordning om innesluten användning av genetiskt modifierade organismer - SFS 2000:271
• Förordning om införande av OECDs principer om god laboratoriesed - SFS 1991:93
• Förordning om miljöfarlig verksamhet och hälsoskydd - SFS 1998:899
• Förordning om sjukvårds- register hos Socialstyrelsen för forskning och statistik - SFS 1993:1058
• Förordning om statligt stöd till forskning och utveckling samt innovation - SFS 2008:762
• Förordning om utsättning av genetiskt modifierade organismer i miljön - SFS 2002:1086
• Förordning om överlämnande av allmänna handlingar till andra organ än myndigheter för förvaring - SFS 1994:1495
• Förordning om översyn av vissa miljöfarliga verksamheter - SFS 2004:989
• Förslag till Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning om genomförande av ett fördjupat samarbete för att skapa ett enhetligt patentskydd (EU Council)
• Förutsättningar för registerbaserad forskning - Dir. 2013:8 (Ministry of Education & Science)
• Förvaltningslag - SFS 1986:223

G

• General Medical Council, United Kingdom: Making and Using Visual and Audio Recordings of Patients
• General Principles: EMA- FDA Parallel Scientific Advice
• Genetically modified plants - Policy Briefing no 12 (European Science Foundation)
• The Genetic Bill of Rights (Council for Responsible Genetics)
• Genetic databases - Assessing the benefits and the impact on human & patient rights (WHO)
• The Genetic Integrity Act (SFS 2006:351)
• Genetic Inventions, Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Practices: Evidence and Policies (OECD)
• Genetic privacy and non-discrimination (United Nations)
• Genomförande av EU-direktivet om mänskliga organ avsedda för transplantation. Prop. 2011/12:95 (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
• Genomförande av EU:s direktiv om skydd av djur som används för vetenskapliga ändamål - Ds 2011:12 (Ministry for Rural Affairs)
• Genomförande av Inspire-direktivet i svensk lagstiftning; förslag till ny miljöinformationslag och –förordning m.m. (Opinion from the Swedish Data Inspection Board)
• Geoengineering moratorium (United Nations)
• German National Ethics Council: Human biobanks for research
• Ghostwriting Guidelines (European Medical Writers Association)
• Global Compact - 9 Principles (United Nations)
• Global Governance of Science (European Commission)
• Global Harmonization Task Force:
  • Standardizations
  • Clinical Evaluations
  • Clinical Evidence – Key Definitions and Concepts
  • Clinical Investigations
• Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• God domarsed - grundsatser och frågor
• God domarsed - om etik och ansvarstagande
• God domarsed – om tjänsteansvar och tillsyn
• God etik på nätet (IT Commission)
• God forskningssed (Swedish Research Council)
• God sed i forskningen - SOU 1999:4 (Swedish Commissions of Public Inquiry, The Committee on Research Ethics)
• Good Clinical Laboratory Practice - GCLP (WHO)
  • Evaluation and Recommendations on Good Clinical Laboratory Practice Guidelines for Phase I–III Clinical Trials (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Good Clinical Practice (International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH)
  • Coordination of pre-approval GxP Inspections. Standard Operating Procedure (EMA)
• Good Epidemiological Practice: proper conduct in epidemiological research (European Epidemiology Group)
• Good Epidemiological Practice - IEA guidelines for proper conduct in epidemiological research (International Epidemiological Association)
• Good Laboratory Practice, see Principles of...
• Good Manufacturing Practice Guide For Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (The European Medicines Agency - EMA)
• Good participatory practice: guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials (UNAIDS Draft)
• Good Pharmacy Practice (International Pharmaceutical Federation - FIP)
• Good practice guide to meeting FSC certification requirements
  for biodiversity and High Conservation Value Forests in Small
  and Low Intensity Managed Forests (Forest Stewardship Council)
• Good Publication Practice guidelines for pharmaceutical companies
• Good Research Practice (Swedish Research Council)
• Good Scientific Practice in Research and Scholarship - policy briefing no 10 (European Science Foundation)
• Grafeneck Declaration on Bioethics (Studies on the History of 'Euthanasia')
• Graz Declaration on The Role of Universities - to 2010 and Beyond (European University Association)
• Green Paper - European Space Policy. COM/2003/0017 final (European Commission)
• Greenpeace:
  • Considerations regarding the Co-existence of GMO, non-GMO and organic farming
  • The True Cost of Gene Patents. The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living Organisms
• GRIPS Statement - Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic Risk Prediction Studies
• Guidance document on the recognition, assessment, and use of clinical signs as humane endpoints for experimental animals used in safety evaluation (OECD)
• Guidance for Industry Codevelopment of Two or More Unmarketed Investigational Drugs for Use in Combination (FDA, US)
• Guidance for Investigators and Institutional Review Boards Regarding Research Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Germ Cells and Stem Cell-Derived Test Articles (Office for Human Research Protections, U.S.)
• Guidance Note for Researchers and Evaluators of Social Sciences and Humanities Research (EU)
• Guidance on collaboration between healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical industry (Ethical Standards in Health & Life Sciences Group, UK)
• Guidance on IRB Approval of Research with Conditions (Office for Human Research Protections, US)
• Guidance on IRB Continuing Review of Research (Office for Human Research Protections, US)
• Guidance on narrative research (Article in Medical Education by T Greenhalgh & T Wengraf)
• Guidance on Research Involving Coded Private Information or Biological Specimens (OHRP, HHS, United States)
• Guidance on Withdrawal of Subjects from Research (Office for Human Research Protection, US)
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Institute of Laboratory Animal Research, United States)
• Guideline for obtaining informed consent for the procurement and use of human tissues, cells and fluids in research (WHO)
• Guideline for online research (ICC/ESOMAR)
• Guideline on Conduct of Pharmacovigilance for Medicines Used by the Paediatric Population (European Medicines Agency - EMA)
• Guideline on Missing data in confirmatory clinical trials (EMA)
• Guideline on Research via Mobile Phone (ICC/ESOMAR)
• Guideline on strategies to identify and mitigate risks for first-inhuman clinical trials with investigational medicinal products (EMA)
• Guideline on the investigation of medicinal products in the term and preterm neonate (EMA)
• Guidelines and Recommendations for European Ethics Committees (European Forum for Good Clinical Practice)
• Guidelines Concerning Computerized Personal Data Files (United Nations)
• Guidelines for a Code of Ethics for Dental Publications (World Dental Federation - FDI )
• Guidelines for Conducting Ethical Socio-Economic Research (RESPECT Project, European Union)
  • An EU Code of Ethics for Socio-Economic Research (RESPECT Project Report)
• Guidelines for Engineers Dissenting on Ethical Grounds (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -IEEE)
• Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Participant Observation (University of Toronto)
• Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals (American Psychological Association's Committee on Animal Research and Ethics - CARE)
• Guidelines for ethical research collaboration across international and culturally diverse communities (International Confederation of Midwives)
• Guidelines for Ethical Treatment of Animals in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research (ISAE - International Society for Applied Ethology)
• Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for Trials on Pharmaceutical Products (World Health Organization -WHO)
• Guidelines for Good Epidemiology Practices for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiologic Research
• Guidelines for Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practices (International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology)
• Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (National Academies, US)
• Guidelines for Medical Doctors Concerning Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment [Tokyo Declaration] (World Medical Association)
• Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD) and a guide to it issued by among others the Swedish Government
• Guidelines for Open Access (European Research Council)
• Guidelines for Professional Conduct (American Physical Society)
• Guidelines for quotation & other academic uses of excerpts (International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers)
• Guidelines for research (Scientific and Ethical Review Group, SERG, WHO)
• Guidelines for research ethics in science and technology (The National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology, The Research Council of Norway)
• Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities (The national committee for research ethics in the social sciences and the humanities, The Research Council of Norway)
• Guidelines for Research in Partnership with Developing Countries: 11 Principles (Swiss Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries)
• Guidelines for Retention of Clinical Trial Records at Investigator Study Sites (European Forum for Good Clinical Practice)
• Guidelines for retracting articles (COPE)
• Guidelines for scientists on communicating with the media (The MESSENGER Project)
• Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells (ISSCR)
• Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (The International Society for Stem Cell Research)
• Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Tropical Timber Production Forests (International Tropical Timber Organization)
• Guidelines for the development of national strategies and best practices to ensure the co-existence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming (European Commission)
• Guidelines for the Licensing of Genetic Inventions (OECD)
• Guidelines for the Safe Transport of Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens (WHO)
• Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems (OECD)
• Guidelines for the welfare and use of animals in cancer research (article in British Journal of Cancer)
• Guidelines of Professional Ethics (Society for Economic Botany)
• Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (United Nations)
• Guidelines on science and health communication (Social Issues Research Centre)
• Guidelines on Systematic Reviews of Genetic Association Studies (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data (OECD)
• Guidelines on the role of medical writers in developing peer-reviewed publications (European Medical Writers Association)
• Guidelines produced by the FIGO Committee for The Study of Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health (The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - FIGO)
• Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation (WHO)

H

• The Hamburg Call To Action (The World Future Council, May 13, 2007)
• Handbook for Good Clinical Research Practice (WHO)
• Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology (American Anthropological Association)
• Hantering av jäv, bindningar och andra intressekonflikter när externa sakkunniga och experter anlitas (Handling challenges, commitments and conflicts of interest when external experts are engaged), by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Board, the Medical Products Agency, SBU and the National Board of Health and Welfare
  • Jävsdeklaration (a declaration of commitments)
• Harmoniserad patenträtt, Prop. 2006/07:56 (Ministry of Justice)
• Hawaii declaration (World Psychiatric Association - WPA)
• The "Heart of the Peoples" Declaration (North American Indigenous Peoples Summit on Biological Diversity and Biological Ethics)
• Hederskodex för Ingenjörer (The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers)
• Helsinki Declaration (World Medical Association)
  • Clarification on Declaration of Helsinki
  • Workgroup report on the revision of paragraph 30 of the Declaration of Helsinki
• Higher Education Act - SFS 1992:1434
• Higher Education Ordinance - SFS 1993:100
• Hinxton Group:
  • Consensus Statement on stem cells, ethics and law
  • Consensus Statement: Science, Ethics and Policy Challenges of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Gametes
  • Statement 
on 
Policies 
and
 Practices 
Governing
 Data 
and 
Materials 
Sharing
 and 
Intellectual
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in 
Stem
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Science
• Hippocratic Oath for Scientists, Engineers, and Executives
• Hippocratic Oath
  • Lasagna Oath
• HIV Prevention Trials Network: Ethics Guidance for Research
• How to avoid unnecessary testing on animals (European Chemicals Agency)
• How to handle authorship disputes:a guide for new researchers (COPE)
• Human biobanks for research (German National Ethics Council)
• Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (President's Council on Bioethics)
• Human Genetic Data: Preliminary Study by the IBC on its Collection, Processing, Storage and Use (UNESCO)
• Human Genome Organisation - HUGO
  • HUGO Statement on the Patenting of DNA Sequences
  • HUGO Statement on Patenting Issues Related to Early Release of Raw Sequence Data
  • HUGO Statement on Pharmacogenomics (PGx): Solidarity, Equity and Governance
  • HUGO Statement on the Scope of Gene Patents, Research Exemption and Licensing of Patented Gene Sequences for Diagnostics
  • Statement on benefit-sharing
  • Statement on Cloning
  • Statement on DNA Sampling: Control and Access
  • Statement on Gene Therapy Research
  • Statement on Human Genomic Databases
  • Statement on Stem Cell Research
  • Statement on the Principled Conduct of Genetics Research
• Human Pesticide Experiments, June 2005, Prepared for Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Henry A. Waxman, U.S. Congress
• Human stem cell research: scientific uncertainties and ethical dilemmas - Policy Briefing no 18 (European Science Foundation)
• Human Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine – A European Perspective on Scientific, Ethical and Legal Issues (European Science Foundation)
• Humboldt Pledge, also called A graduation pledge of social and environmental responsibility
• Hur kan Ingenjörer & Naturvetare bidra till att uppnå en fredligare värld? [How can enhineers and natural scientists help create a world of peace?]
• Hälso- och sjukvårdslag - SFS 1982:763
• Högskoleförordning - SFS 1993:100
• Högskolelag - SFS 1992:1434

I

• The IASB Code of Conduct for Best Practices in Gene Synthesis (International Association of Synthetic Biology)
• IASP Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research (International Association for the Study of Pain)
• IBLs nationella yrkesetiska riktlinjer (The Swedish Institute of Biomedical Laboratory Science - IBL)
• ICC/ESOMAR International Code on Marketing and Social Research Practice
• ICH: see International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
• IEEE Code of Ethics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE)
• IEEE Policy and Procedures Manual (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE)
• IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
• “The Ilulissat Statement” - Synthesizing the Future: A vision for the convergence of synthetic biology and nanotechnology (Kavli Futures Symposium ‘The merging of bio and nano: towards cyborg cells’, 11-15 June 2007, Ilulissat, Greenland)
• IMIA Code of Ethics for Health Information Professionals (International Medical Informatics Association)
• Implementation of the universal declaration on the human genome and human rights (UNESCO resolution)
• Improving knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry across Europe: Voluntary guidelines for universities and other research institutions to improve their links with industry across Europe (EU Commission)
• Improving the dialogue with society on scientific issues (OECD)
• The Inclusion International principles (Inclusion International)
• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (International Labour organization)
• The Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism - IPCB:
  • Ukupseni Declaration, Kuna Yala on the Human Genome Diversity Project
  • Collective Statement of Indigenous Peoples on the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
  • Indigenous Research Protection Act
• INES Appeal to Engineers and Scientists (International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility)
• Information i samband med telemedicin (National Board of Health and Welfare)
• Informationshantering och journalföring i hälso- och sjukvården - SOSFS 2008:14 (National Board of Health and Welfare)
• Informationssäkerhet (Data Inspection Board)
• Information till registrerade (Data Inspection Board)
• Informatörens yrkesetik (DIK)
• Informed Consent Template for Research Involving Children (Qualitative Studies) (WHO)
• Innesluten användning av genetiskt modifierade mikroorganismer - AFS 2000:5 (Swedish Work Environment Authority)
• Innovation and Public Health, Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE
  • Guidelines for Engineers Dissenting on Ethical Grounds
  • IEEE Code of Ethics
  • IEEE Policy and Procedures Manual
• Institute of Laboratory Animal Research, United States: Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook (Office of laboratory Animal Welfare, US)
• Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions (The Vatican)
• Instrument of Government (SFS 1974:152)
• Integritetskänsligt forskningsmaterial (the National Agency for Higher Education)
• Integrity of Scientific and Scholarly Activities (The Department of the Interior, US)
• Intellectual Property and the Safeguarding of Traditional Cultures – Legal Issues and Practical Options for Museums, Libraries and Archives (WIPO report)
• Intensified Networking on Ethics of Science - The Case of Reproductive Cloning, Germline Gene Therapy and Human Dignity (A report from The Budapest Meeting 2005)
• InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (incl. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
  • Call for a ban on human reproductive cloning
  • Interacademy Panel Statement on Biosecurity
  • Science and Technology and the Future of Cities
  • Transition to Sustainability in the 21st Century: The Contribution of Science and Technology
• InterAcademy Council: Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise
• InterAction Council: A Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities
• The Interface Between Medically Assisted Reproduction and Genetics: Technical, Social, Ethical and Legal Issues (European Commission, European Society of Human Genetics and European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)
• Interim Guidelines on Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of HIV Information (UNAIDS)
• International Association of Bioethics: London Declaration for Freedom of Discussion in Bioethics
• International Association of Catholic Bioethicists: Consensus Statement on Dignity in Illness, Disability, and Dying and a Response to the UNESCO Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
• International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists: Code of Ethics
• International Association for Dental Research: Code of Ethics
• International Association for the Study of Pain
  • Ethical Guidelines for Pain Research in Humans
  • IASP Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research
• International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers:
  • Statements
  • Guidelines for quotation & other academic uses of excerpts
• International Association of Synthetic Biology: The IASB Code of Conduct for Best Practices in Gene Synthesis
• International Bioethics Committee, IBC:
  • Advice of the IBC on the Patentability of the Human Genome
  • Draft Final Statement of IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance
  • Human Genetic Data: Preliminary Study by the IBC on its Collection, Processing, Storage and Use
  • On Consent
  • On social responsibility and health
  • Report of the IBC on Ethics, Intellectual Property and Genomics
  • Report of the IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance
  • Report of the IBC on Solidarity and International Co-operation between Developed and Developing Countries concerning the Human Genome
  • Report of IBC on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity
  • The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Therapeutic Research
  • Working Document on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity
• The International Campaign to Revitalise Academic Medicine
• International Cancun Declaration of Indigenous Peoples
• International Chamber of Commerce:
  • Access and Benefit Sharing: General Observations and Positions
  • Guideline for online research
  • Guideline on Research via Mobile Phone
  • International Code on Marketing and Social Research Practice
• International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (WHO)
• International Code of Conduct for Plant Germplasm Collecting and Transfer (FAO - Food and Agricultute Organization of the United Nations )
• International Code of Ethics For Midwives (International Confederation of Midwives)
• International Code of Medical Ethics (World Medical Association)
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors:
  • Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals
  • Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
• International Confederation of Midwives:
  • International Code of Ethics For Midwives
  • Ethical conduct in international research in midwifery
  • Guidelines for ethical research collaboration across international and culturally diverse communities
• International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use - ICH
  • Topics and Guidelines
  • Clinical investigation of medical products in the pediatric population
  • Definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories
  • Electronic Standards for the Transfer of Regulatory Information ESTRI
  • Good clinical practice
• International Conference on Islamic Medicine: Islamic Code of Medical Professional Ethics
• International convention for the protection of new varieties of plants (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants - UPOV)
• International Council for Science - ICSU:
  • Access to Databases: A Set of Principles for Science in the Internet Era
  • Advice regarding international scientific meetings
  • Bias in science publishing
  • Freedom in the Conduct of Science
  • Freedom, Responsibility and Universality of Science (Booklet from Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science)
  • Gene Patenting
  • Sharing Scientific Data, with a Focus on Developing Countries
  • Statement on promoting the integrity of science and the scientific record (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
  • Statement on publication practices and indices and the role of peer review in research assessment (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
  • Universality of Science in a Changing World
  • Use of Animals in Research and Education
  • The Value of Basic Scientific Research
• The International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA:
  • Position on TRIPs and the Environment
  • Principles for Risk Based Decision Making - Policy Paper
  • Sustainable development and the chemical industry
• The International Council of Museums - ICOM:
  • Code of Ethics for Museums
  • Declarations and Statements
• International Council of Nurses - ICN
  • Code of Ethics for Nurses
  • Position Statements
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (United Nations)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (United Nations)
• International Declaration on Human Genetic Data (IBC, UNESCO)
• International Epidemiological Association: Good Epidemiological Practice - IEA guidelines for proper conduct in epidemiological research
• International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS)
• International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (An Islamic Perspective) (Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences)
• International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science: IFBLS Code of Ethics
• International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees - FIET: Code of Ethics
• International Federation of Consulting Engineers: Code of Ethics
• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - FIGO: Guidelines produced by the FIGO Committee for The Study of Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health
• International Federation of Human Genetics: Conclusions of the workshop on the science and ethics of eugenics, held during the 18th International Congress of Genetics in Beijing, 10-15 August 1998
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions: IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers
• International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, IFPMA:
  • Research and Development for Neglected Diseases: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges
  • Adaptive innovation, intellectual property and the public interest: How patent extension leads to more, better and safer medicines
  • Joint Position on the Disclosure of Clinical Trial Information via Clinical Trial Registries and Databases
  • Joint Position on the Publication of Clinical Trial Results in the Scientific Literature
  • Biodiversity Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Innovation in Health
• International Federation of Social Workers - IFSW: Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles
• International Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Studies (The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences - CIOMS)
• International Guidelines for Forest Monitoring (IUFRO)
• International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals (CIOMS 1985)
• International Institute for Environment and Development:
• Forest Ethics: the role of ethical dialogue in the fate of the forests. Comparing and contrasting the international forest policy dialogue with the Earth Charter Initiative
• Practical ethics for PGIS practitioners, facilitators, technology intermediaries and researchers
• Research Ethics Policy Draft
• Reverence and responsibility in forest ethics: Inserting the meaning of life back into the culture of possession
• Time and temperance: How perceptions about time shape forest ethics and practice
• International Institute for Sustainable Development: ABS-Management Tool
• International Labour Organization - ILO
  • Conscience Clause for Scientists and Engineers
  • Constitution
  • Convention concerning Safety in the use of Chemicals at Work
  • Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, C111
  • Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention
• International Medical Informatics Association: IMIA Code of Ethics for Health Information Professionals
• International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, INES:
  • INES Appeal to Engineers and Scientists
  • Appeal on the Sixtieth Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• International Pharmaceutical Federation - FIP
  • Policy Statements
  • Code of Ethics for Pharmacists
  • Good Pharmacy Practice
• International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - IPPNW
  • Declaration of Paris - Health through Peace
  • Nürnberger Kodex (1997)
• International Principles Of Ethics For The Dental Profession (World Dental Federation)
• International Seed Federation: Position Papers
• International Society for Applied Ethology: Guidelines for Ethical Treatment of Animals in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research
• International Society for Arboriculture: Code of Ethics
• International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories - ISBER: Collection, Storage, Retrieval and Distribution of Biological Materials for Research - 2008 Best Practices for Repositories
• International Society for Environmental Epidemiology: Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists
• International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology - ISPE:
  • Data privacy, medical record confidentiality, and research in the interest of public health
  • Guidelines for Good Pharmacoepidemiology Practices
• International Society for Stem Cell Research:
  • Position Statements
  • Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells
• International Society of Bioethics - SIBI: Bioethics Declaration of Gijon
• International Society of Ethnobiology - ISE: Code of Ethics
• International Society of Nurses in Genetics: Position Statements
• International Sociological Association: Code of Ethics
• International Standards Organization: Clinical Investigation of Medical Devices for Human Subjects - Good Clinical Practice
• International standards for authors
• International standards for editors
• International Statistical Institute: Declaration on Professional Ethics
• International Stem Cell Forum:
  • Consensus Guidance for Banking and Supply of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Research Purposes
  • Publishing SNP Genotypes of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: Policy Statement of the International Stem Cell Forum Ethics Working Party
• The International trade union federation Public Services International - PSI: A Public Policy for Science and Technology
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• International Tropical Timber Organization: Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Tropical Timber Production Forests
• International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants - UPOV: International convention for the protection of new varieties of plants
• International Union of Food Science and Technology: Budapest Declaration
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations:
  • International Guidelines for Forest Monitoring
  • Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy – Guidance for Scientists and Research Organizations
• International Union of Microbiological Societies: Code of Ethics against Misuse of Scientific Knowledge, Research and Resources
• Internationell upphovsrättsförordning - SFS 1994:193
• The Internet Healthcare Coalition: e-Health Code of Ethics
• Intresseavvägning enligt personuppgiftslagen (Data Inspection Board)
• Investigating Research Misconduct Allegations in International Collaborative Research Projects (OECD)
• Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance (United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies)
• Islamic Code of Medical Professional Ethics (International Conference on Islamic Medicine)
• Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences: International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (An Islamic Perspective)
• IT Commission: God etik på nätet
• The Italian Scientific Antivivisection Committee: Manifesto for the protection of our genetic heritage

J

• Joint Position on the Disclosure of Clinical Trial Information via Clinical Trial Registries and Databases (IFPMA)
• Joint Position on the Publication of Clinical Trial Results in the Scientific Literature (The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations)

K

• Kemiska arbetsmiljörisker - AFS 2000:4 (Swedish Work Environment Authority)
• Klinisk forskning - Ett lyft för sjukvården. SOU 2009:43 (Ministry of Education)
• Kobe Declaration (The World Psychiatric Association)
• Kränkande särbehandling i arbetslivet - AFS 1993:17 (The Swedish Work Environment Authority)
• Kyoto protocol

L

• Laboratoriearbete med kemikalier - AFS 1997:10 (Swedish Work Environment Authority)
• Lagar, see Swedish statutes
• Lag om anställningsskydd - SFS 1982:80
• Lag om den europeiska konventionen angående skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och de grundläggande friheterna - SFS 1994:1219
• Lag om den officiella statistiken - SFS 1992:889
• Lag om hälsodataregister - SFS 1998:543
• Lag om medicintekniska produkter - SFS 1993:584
• Lag om obduktion m.m. - SFS 1995:832
• Lag om offentlig anställning - SFS 1994:260
• Lag om rätten till arbetstagares uppfinningar - SFS 1949:345
• Lag om rättsprövning av vissa regeringsbeslut - SFS 2006:304
• Lag om rättspsykiatriskt forskningsregister - SFS 1999:353
• Lag om transplantation m.m.- SFS 1995:831
• Lasagna Oath
• Leeds Consensus Statement
• The Legal Framework for the Management of Animal Genetic Resources (FAO)
• Legislation on Biotechnology in the Nordic Countries - an overview 2006 (Nordic Committee on Bioethics)
• Leipzig Declaration on conservation and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources)
• Lima Declaration against Corruption (8th International Conference Against Corruption 1997)
• Lisbon declaration, see Declaration on the Rights of the Patient (WMA)
• List Of Manufactured Nanomaterials And List Of Endpoints For Phase One Of The Sponsorship Programme For The Testing Of Manufactured Nanomaterials (OECD)
• London Declaration for Freedom of Discussion in Bioethics (International Association of Bioethics)
• The Lund Declaration
• Läkarförbundets etiska regler (Swedish Medical Association)
• Läkemedelsförordning - SFS 2006:272
• Läkemedelshantering i hälso- och sjukvården - SOSFS 2000:1(M) (National Board of Health and Welfare)
• Läkemedelslag - SFS 1992:859

M

• Madrid Declaration on Ethical Standards for Psychiatric Practice (World Psychiatric Association - WPA)
• Madrid Privacy Declaration
• The Magna Charta of University
• Making and Using Visual and Audio Recordings of Patients (General Medical Council, United Kingdom)
• Management of Safety Information from Clinical Trials (CIOMS report)
• Managing Allegations of Scientific Misconduct: A Guidance Document for Editors (Office of Research Integrity, USA)
• The Manchester Manifesto
• Manifesto for the protection of our genetic heritage (The italian Scientific Antivivisection Committee)
• Manukan Declaration of the Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network (IWBN)
• The Market Research Society: Code of Conduct and Guidelines
• Medecins Sans Frontieres: Access to Essential Medicines Campaign
• Medical Ethics Manual (World Medical Association)
• Medical Genetics and Biotechnology: Implications for Public Health "Draft guidelines on bioethics" (World Health Organization - WHO)
• Medical Products Agency:
  • Codes of Statutes
  • Hantering av jäv, bindningar och andra intressekonflikter när externa sakkunniga och experter anlitas (Handling challenges, commitments and conflicts of interest when external experts are engaged), by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Board, the Medical Products Agency, SBU and the National Board of Health and Welfare
    • Jävsdeklaration (a declaration of commitments)
  • LVFS 2001:7 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om in vitro diagnostiska produkter
  • LVFS 2003:11 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om medicintekniska produkter
  • LVFS 2004:6 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om god tillverkningssed för läkemedel
  • LVFS 2004:10 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter och allmänna råd om avsiktlig utsättning vid klinisk prövning av läkemedel som innehåller eller består av genetiskt modifierade organismer
  • LVFS 2004:19 - Föreskrifter om ändring i Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om god tillverkningssed för läkemedel
  • LVFS 2006:4 - Föreskrifter om ändring i Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter (LVFS 2001:12) om säkerhetsövervakning av läkemedel
  • LVFS 2006:11 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om godkännande av läkemedel för försäljning m.m
  • LVFS 2008:12 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om hantering av mänskliga vävnader och celler avsedda för läkemedelstillverkning
  • LVFS 2011:19 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om kliniska
    läkemedelsprövningar på människor
  • LVFS 2013:4 - Läkemedelsverkets föreskrifter om verksamhet med aktiva substanser avsedda för humanläkemedel
• Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter
• Medical Research Council - MFR:
  • Ethical guidelines for epidemiological research
  • Riktlinjer för etisk värdering av medicinsk humanforskning
  • Riktlinjer för god medicinsk forskning
• Mexico Statement on Health Research - Knowledge for better health: strengthening health systems (WHO)
• Miljöbalken och EG-förordningen om kemikalieregistrering. Prop. 2007/08:80 (Ministry of Environment)
• Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment
• Ministry for Rural Affairs:
  • Genomförande av EU:s direktiv om skydd av djur som används för vetenskapliga ändamål - Ds 2011:12
  • Ny djurskyddslag - SOU 2011:75
  • Skydd av djur som används för vetenskapliga ändamål. Prop. 2011/12:138
• Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs (now Ministry for Rural Affairs):
  • Användning av försöksdjur - Skrivelse 2001/02:48
  • Etiskt godkännande av djurförsök - nya former för överprövning - SOU 2007:57
  • Överklagande av de djurförsöksetiska nämndernas beslut Dir. 2006:32
  • Översyn av djurskyddslagstiftningens utformning och innehåll, SOU 2009:57
• Ministry of Education & Science:
  • Delegation för jämställdhet i högskolan - Dir 2009:7
  • Förutsättningar för registerbaserad forskning - Dir. 2013:8
  • Klinisk forskning - Ett lyft för sjukvården, SOU 2009:43
  • Nyttiggörande av högskoleuppfinningar SOU 2005:95
  • Promemoria med utkast till lagrådsremiss Register för viss forskning U2013/527/F
  • Vissa etikprövningsfrågor m.m., prop. 2007/08:44
  • Vissa register för forskning om vad arv och miljö betyder för människors hälsa. Prop. 2012/13:163
• Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications: Nationella patent på engelska? SOU 2012:19
• Ministry of Environment:
  • En nationell handlingsplan för säker användning och hantering av nanomaterial - Dir. 2012:89
  • Reach - genomförande och sanktioner, SOU 2007:80
  • Miljöbalken och EG-förordningen om kemikalieregistrering. Prop. 2007/08:80
    • Decision in the Parliament
• Ministry of Finance: Registerdata för forskning - SOU 2012:36
• Ministry of Health and Social Affairs:
  • Beslutsoförmögna personers ställning i hälso- och sjukvård, tandvård, socialtjänst - Dir. 2012:72
  • En ny biobankslag - SOU 2010:81
  • Genomförande av EU-direktivet om mänskliga organ avsedda för transplantation. Prop. 2011/12:95
  • Genomförande av EG-direktiv om medicinteknik m.m. Referral to Lagrådet
    • Genomförande av EG-direktiv om medicinteknik m.m. Prop. 2008/09:105
  • Stamcellsforskning. Prop. 2004/04:148
  • Stärkt ställning för patienten genom en ny patientlagstiftning - Dir. 2011:25
    • Patientlag - Delbetänkande av Patientmaktsutredningen - SOU 2013:2
  • Översyn av lagen (2002:297) om biobanker i hälso- och sjukvården m.m. Dir. 2008:71
• Ministry of Justice:
  • A National Action Plan for Human Rights 2006-2009
  • En ny upphovsrättslag - SOU 2011:32
  • Ett enhetligt patenskydd i EU och en ny patentlag - Dir. 2012:99
  • Harmoniserad patenträtt - Prop. 2006/07:56
  • Ny yttrandefrihetsgrundlag? Yttrandefrihetskommittén presenterar tre modeller - SOU 2010:68
  • Patentskydd för biotekniska uppfinningar - SOU 2008:20
    • Oinskränkt produktskydd för patent på genteknikområdet - SOU 2006:70
    • Uppföljning av patentskyddet för biotekniska uppfinningar [Follow up on patents for biotechnology inventions] (Directive 2005:002)
  • Skyddet för den personliga integriteten - SOU 2007:22
  • Ändringar i patentlagen - nya medicinska användningsområden, Proposition 2010/11:82
    • Näringsutskottets betänkande 2010/11:NU24, Ändring i patentlagen – nya medicinska användningsområden (Decision by Swedish Parliament)
• Missiles to Sunflowers: International Petition (Abolition 2000)
• Model Ethical Protocol for Collecting DNA Samples (North American Regional Committee of the Human Genome Diversity Project)
• Model Law On the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity in Biomedical Research in the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States
• Model Nuclear Weapons Convention
• Model Oath for the New Physician (American Medical Student Association)
• Monaco Statement: Considerations on Bioethics and the Rights Of The Child (International Symposium "Bioethics And The Rights Of The Child" Monaco, 28-30 April 2000)
• Moral Issues of Human-Non-Human Primate Neural Grafting (article in Science)
• MOSAICC - Micro-organisms sustainable use and access regulation. International Code of Conduct
• Mönsterskyddsförordning - SFS1970:486
• Mönsterskyddslag - SFS 1970:485

N

• Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (United Nations)
• Nanomaterial – aktiviteter för att identifiera och uppskatta risker (Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate)
• Nanotechnologies: A Preliminary Risk Analysis on the Basis of a Workshop Organized in Brussels on 1-2 March 2004 by the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission
• Nanotechnology: A Report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force July 25, 2007
• Nanotechnologies and ethics: policies and actions (COMEST)
• National Academies, US: Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
• National Agency for Higher Education: Integritetskänsligt forskningsmaterial
• National Archives of Sweden:
  • Att leverera arkivmaterial till Riksarkivet, Krigsarkivet och landsarkiven - a guide for public authorities
  • Riksarkivets myndighetsspecifika föreskrifter om gallring och annan arkivhantering - RA-MS
  • Riksarkivets författningssamling - RA-FS
    • Riksarkivets föreskrifter och allmänna råd om arkiv hos statliga myndigheter, RA-FS-nr: 1991:1, changed through RA-FS-nr: 1997:4 and RA-FS-nr: 2008:4
    • Riksarkivets föreskrifter och allmänna råd om gallring av handlingar i statliga myndigheters forskningsverksamhet - RA-FS nr.1999:1
    • Riksarkivets föreskrifter och allmänna råd om upptagningar för automatisk databehandling (ADB-upptagningar) - RA-FS-nr.1994:2
    • Föreskrifter om ändring i Riksarkivets föreskrifter (RA-FS 1991:6) och allmänna råd om gallring av handlingar av tillfällig eller ringa betydelse - RA-FS 1997:6
• National Association of Social Workers (US):
  • Code of Ethics
  • Standards for integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice
• National Bioethics Committees in Action (UNESCO)
• National Board of Forestry:
  • Regulations from the National Board of Forestry
  • Skogsstyrelsens föreskrifter om avsiktlig utsättning av genetiskt modifierade skogsträd avsedda för virkesproduktion - SKFSF 2008:4
  • Skogsstyrelsens föreskrifter om avgifter för ansökningar om utsläppande på marknaden av genetiskt modifierade skogsträd avsedda för virkesproduktion - SKSFS 2008:5
• National Board of Health and Welfare:
  • Regulations from The National Board of Health & Welfare (SOSFS)
  • Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd om biobanker i hälso- och sjukvården m.m.; - SOSFS 2002:11
    • Senare föreskrifter om ändringar i föreskrifterna och allmänna råden om biobanker i hälso- och sjukvården m.m.
    • Forms
  • Hantering av jäv, bindningar och andra intressekonflikter när externa sakkunniga och experter anlitas (Handling challenges, commitments and conflicts of interest when external experts are engaged), by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Board, the Medical Products Agency, SBU and the National Board of Health and Welfare
    • Jävsdeklaration (a declaration of commitments)
  • Information i samband med telemedicin
  • Informationshantering och journalföring i hälso- och sjukvården - SOSFS 2008:14
  • Läkemedelshantering i hälso- och sjukvården - SOSFS 2000:1(M)
  • Socialstyrelsen följer upp tillämpningen av biobankslagen - Rapport av ett regeringsuppdrag
  • Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd om anmälningsskyldighet enligt Lex Maria - SOSFS 2005:28
  • Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd om användning av vävnader och celler i hälso- och sjukvården och vid klinisk forskning - SOSFS 2009:32
  • Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter om användning av medicintekniska produkter i hälso- och sjukvården - SOSFS 2008:1
  • Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter om donation och tillvaratagande av organ, vävnader och celler - SOSFS 2009:30
  • Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter om vävnadsinrättningar i hälso- och sjukvården m.m. - SOSFS 2009:31
  • Underrättelseskyldighet vid internationella hot mot människors hälsa - SOSFS 2007:12
• National Board of Institutional Care: etikhandbok
• National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, USA: Belmont Report
• The National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology, The Research Council of Norway: Guidelines for research ethics in science and technology
• The National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, The Research Council of Norway: Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities
• National Competent Authorities for the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes; working document on genetically altered animals (EU Commission)
• National Competent Authorities for the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes; working document on specific articles in Directive 2010/63/EU (EU Commission)
• National Food Administration: Vägledning om genetiskt modifierade livsmedel
• National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, US: Documents regarding the oversight of dual use life sciences research
• National Society of Genetic Counselors, US: Code of Ethics
• National Society of Professional Engineers, US: NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers
• National Statement on Research Integrity in Social Work (The Council on Social Work Education - US)
• Nationella patent på engelska? SOU 2012:19 (Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications)
• Nature: Editorial policies
• Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration - NECTAR: Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Human Embryonic or fetal Tissue for Experimental and Clinical Neurotransplantation and Research
• Nightingale Pledge
• Nordic Council of Ministers:
  • EU REACH Enforcement project - Final report 2008
  • Tillträde och rättigheter till genetiska resurser
• Nordic Committee on Bioethics:
  • Bioethics, Politics and Business
  • The Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research, 2000
  • Legislation on Biotechnology in the Nordic Countries - an overview 2006
  • Pgd and Embryo Selection - Report from an International Conference on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Embryo Selection
• Norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights (United Nations)
• North American Regional Committee of the Human Genome Diversity Project: Model Ethical Protocol for Collecting DNA Samples
• Northern Nurses' Federation: Etiska riktlinjer för omvårdnadsforskning i Norden
• Note of guidance on clinical investigation of medicinal products in the paediatric population (EMA)
• Note for guidance on definitions for Genomic Biomarkers, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacogenetics, Genomic Data and Sample Coding Categories (EMA)
• Note for guidance on general considerations for clinical trials (EMA)
• Note for guidance on statistical principles for clinical trials (EMA)
• Note for guidance on the quality, preclinical and clinical aspects of gene transfer medicinal products (EMA)
• Notes on cloning (The Vatican)
• NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers (National Society of Professional Engineers, US)
• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation:
  • Appeal to End the Nuclear Weapons Threat to Humanity
  • Appeal on the Sixtieth Anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• The Nuremberg Code
• Nürnberger Kodex (1997) (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - IPPNW)
• Ny djurskyddslag - SOU 2011:75 (Ministry for rural affairs)
• Ny yttrandefrihetsgrundlag? Yttrandefrihetskommittén presenterar tre modeller - SOU 2010:68 (Ministry of Justice)
• Nyttiggörande av högskoleuppfinningar SOU 2005:95 (Ministry of Education & Science)
• "När får man blåsa i visselpipan? Förslag till riktlinjer för när det är försvarbart att offentligt rapportera om oetisk verksamhet inom den egna organisationen" (article by Tore Nilstun & Peter Westerholm in Läkartidningen)

O

• The Oath of Hippocrates
• The Oath of Prometheus
• Observations on the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (Vatican)
• OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
  • Best Practices for Ensuring Scientific Integrity and Preventing Misconduct
  • Biosafety
  • Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Capabilities and Expertise in Support of Efficient and Effective Regulation of Nuclear Power Plants
  • Collective Statement Concerning Nuclear Safety Research. Good Practice and Closure Criteria
  • Collective Statement on the Role of Research in a Nuclear Regulatory Context
  • Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases (book)
  • Environmental Policies and Instruments
  • Genetic Inventions, Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Practices: Evidence and Policies
  • Guidance document on the recognition, assessment, and use of clinical signs as humane endpoints for experimental animals used in safety evaluation
  • Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
  • Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and a guide to it issued by among others the Swedish Government
  • Guidelines for the Licensing of Genetic Inventions
  • Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems
  • Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data
  • Improving the dialogue with society on scientific issues
  • Investigating Research Misconduct Allegations in International Collaborative Research Projects
  • List Of Manufactured Nanomaterials And List Of Endpoints For Phase One Of The Sponsorship Programme For The Testing Of Manufactured Nanomaterials
  • OECD Best Practice Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres
  • OECD Declaration and Decisions on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises
  • OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding
  • OECD's Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals
  • Preserving Biodiversity and Promoting Biosafety (Policy Brief)
  • Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service
  • Principles of Good Laboratory Practice
    • Accepted by the European Union
  • Recommendation of the Council on the Governance of Clinical Trials
  • Recommendation on Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases
• Office for Human Research Protections, US:
  • Policy & Guidance Index
  • Guidance for Investigators and Institutional Review Boards Regarding Research Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Germ Cells and Stem Cell-Derived Test Articles
  • Guidance on IRB Approval of Research with Conditions
  • Guidance on IRB Continuing Review of Research
  • Guidance on Research Involving Coded Private Information or Biological Specimens
  • Guidance on Withdrawal of Subjects from Research
• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, US: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Guidebook
• Office of Research Integrity - ORI, US:
  • Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing
  • Managing Allegations of Scientific Misconduct: A Guidance Document for Editors
  • ORI Guidelines for Institutions and Whistleblowers: Responding to Possible Retaliation Against Whistleblowers in Extramural Research
  • Sample Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct
• On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research (National Academies Press, US)
• On Bribes and commitments - a guide for public officials (The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions)
• On Consent. Report of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC)
• On Human Embryos and Stem Cell Research: An Appeal for Legally and Ethically Responsible Science and Public Policy (The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity)
• On social responsibility and health (International Bioethics Committee)
• Open Access: Restoring Scientific Communication to its Rightful Owners - policy briefing no 21 (European Science Foundation)
• Open Access in Biomedical Research - policy briefing no 47 (European Science Foundation)
• Open Access in the Nordic Countires (report from NordBib)
• Open Knowledge - A proposed adaptation of Open Science, focusing on guidelines for knowledge claims (Scientists for Global Responsibility)
• Opinion from The Nordic Committee on Bioethics based on the Workshop "Ethical issues in human stem cell research", 10-11 October, 2000. (Nordic Committee on Bioethics)
• Oral History Evaluation Guidelines (Oral History Association)
• Order No. 534 (1997) on research and the cloning of human beings (Council of Europe)
• Ordinances, Swedish, see Swedish statutes
• Organ- och vävnadstagning för transplantation eller för annat medicinskt ändamål - SOSFS 1997:4 (M) (National Board of Health and Welfare)
• ORI Guidelines for Institutions and Whistleblowers: Responding to Possible Retaliation Against Whistleblowers in Extramural Research (Office of Research Integrity, USA)
• Ottawa Statement on the Ethical Design and Conduct of Cluster Randomized Trials (article in PLoS Med)
• Ottawa statement: Principles for international registration of protocol information and results from human trials of health related interventions
• Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 (Communication from the Commission)
• Oxford Principles on Regulation of Geoengineering

P

• P3G: Ethics, Governance and Public Engagement
• Panton Principles - Principles for Open Data in Science
• Paris Appeal of scientists in favour of biodiversity (the scientific committee of the International Conference Biodiversity: Science and Governance)
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• Parliament of the World's Religions: Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic
• Participatory action research: considerations for ethical review (article by Khanlou & Peter)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty with regulations (World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO)
• Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions (Conference of European Churches)
• Patentlag - SFS 1967:837
• Patent Law Treaty (WIPO)
• Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality (World Medical Association)
• Patientdata och läkemedel m.m. - SOU 2007:48 (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
• Patientdatalag - SFS 2008:355
• Patientdataförordning - SFS 2008:360
• Patientlag - Delbetänkande av Patientmaktsutredningen - SOU 2013:2 (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
• Patientskadelag - SFS 1996:799
• Patientsäkerhetsförordning - SFS 2010:1369
• Patientsäkerhetslag - SFS 2010:659
• Peer Review in Academic Promotion and Publishing: Its Meaning, Locus, and Future (report)
• Peer Review - Its present and future state (Conference Report from the European Science Foundation)
• Personal Data Act - SFS 1998:204
• Personal Data Ordinance - SFS 1998:1191
• Personuppgifter: Behandling av personuppgifter (The Swedish Research Council)
• Personuppgifter i genforskning – uppföljning av förhandskontroller (Data Inspection Board)
• Personuppgifter i forskningen — vilka regler gäller? (Data Inspection Board)
• Pgd and Embryo Selection - Report from an International Conference on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and Embryo Selection (Nordic Council of Ministers)
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: Principles on Clinical Trials
• Pharmacogenetics in Medicinal Product Research and Development, Positon Paper (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, EFPIA)
• Pharmacogenetics Working Group: Elements of informed consent for pharmacogenetic research; perspective of the pharmacogenetics working group
• Philadelphia Consensus Statement to make the fruits of university research available in the developing world
• Physicians and Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and Technology - PSRAST: Declaration
• Planned egg cell trade. European Parliament resolution on the trade in human egg cells
• Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access (UNESCO)
• Policy on Ethics (Society for Neuroscience)
• Policy on Risk Based Decision Making (International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA)
• Policy paper on research for health (Pan American Health Organization, WHO)
• Policy Statement on Animal Research (The Society for Neuroscience, SfN)
• Policy Statement on Sharing Data from Epidemiologic Studies (American College of Epidemiology)
• Policy Statements (The World Association of Medical Editors)
• Policyuttalande angående bedömning av vetenskapliga studier där patienter eller friska försökspersoner ska genomgå invasiva ingrepp (The Swedish Research Council)
• Population studies: return of research results and incidental findings Policy Statement (The Public Population Project in Genomics and Society)
• Population Surveys and Biobanking - Policy Briefing 32 (European Science Foundation)
• Position of the European Group on Ethics on the EC Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on Clinical Trials COM (2012) 369 final
• Position on Human Germline Genetic Modification (World Transhumanist Association)
• Position on the Directive on the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes (ESF–EMRC Position Paper)
• Position on TRIPs and the Environment (The International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA)
• Position Paper on Bioethics (Disabled Peoples' International)
• Position Paper on Genetic Discrimination (Council for Responsible Genetics, USA)
• Position paper on human germline manipulation (Council for Responsible Genetics, USA)
• Position Statement on Cloning (Council for Responsible Genetics, USA)
• Position statement regarding the use of animals in toxicology (Society of Toxicology)
• Practical ethics for PGIS practitioners, facilitators, technology intermediaries and researchers (International Institute for Environment and Development)
• The Precautionary Principle - report from COMEST (World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology)
• Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers (article in BMJ)
• Preserving Biodiversity and Promoting Biosafety (OECD Policy Brief)
• Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (US): Privacy and Progress in Whole Genome Sequencing
• President's Council on Bioethics (US):
  • Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness
  • Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry
• Pressmeddelande, 2009-10-07: Vetenskapsrådet kräver fri tillgång till forskningsresultat (Swedish Research Council)
• Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service (OECD)
• Principles for research on ethnicity and health: the Leeds Consensus Statement
• Principles for Risk Based Decision Making - Policy Paper (International council of chemical associations - ICCA)
• Principles of Good Laboratory Practice (OECD)
• Principles of Medical Ethics (World Health Organization)
• Principles of Professional Responsibility (American Anthropological Association)
• Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health
• Principles on Clinical Trials (Pharmaceutical Research and manufacturers of America)
• PRISMA Statement: Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  • PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health Equity
  • PRISMA for Abstracts: Reporting Systematic Reviews in Journal and Conference Abstracts
• Privacy and Progress in Whole Genome Sequencing (U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues)
• The Procedure for the Ethical Review of Protocols for Clinical Research Projects in the European Union (report from European Forum for Good Clinical Practice)
• The Process of Obtaining Informed Consent (WHO)
• Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation (World Medical Association)
• Professional Responsibility for Standards of Medical Care (World Medical Association)
• Professorernas hederskodex (Sveriges Professorers Förening, SULF)
• Proposal for a council regulation on the community patent (European Union - The Commission)
• Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive
  2001/20/EC
• Proposal for a revision of the Clinical Trials Directive (2001/20/EC) and other recommendations to facilitate clinical trials (ESF–EMRC Position Paper)
• Proposed best practice for statisticians in reporting of industry-sponsored trials (BMJ article)
• Proposed ethical guidelines for public health research (Samarbetskommittén för folkhälsoforskning)
• Proposed international guidelines on ethical issues in medical genetics and genetic services (World Health Organization)
• Protecting human rights and dignity by taking into account previously expressed wishes of patients (Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly)
• Protecting Patients, Preserving Integrity, Advancing Health: Accelerating the Implementation of COI Policies in Human Subjects Research (Association of American Universities & Association of American Medical Colleges)
• The Protection of whistle-blowers (Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly)
• Protections for Subjects in Human Research (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
• Provisions and guidelines on clinical trials of medicinal products for human use (Medical Products Agency)
• Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act - SFS 2009:400
• Public Access to Information and Secrecy Ordinance - SFS 2009:641
• Public Employment Act - SFS 1994:260
• Publication guidelines for improvement studies in health care (The SQUIRE development group)
• Public Health Code of Ethics (American Public Health Association)
• Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct (USA)
• Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (Elsevier)
• Publishing SNP Genotypes of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: Policy Statement of the International Stem Cell Forum Ethics Working Party
• Pugwash:
  • Advancing Human Security: The Role of Technology & Politics
  • Code of Ethics for Persons and Institutions Engaged in the Life Sciences
  • The Russell-Einstein Manifesto
• Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence against Women (WHO)

Q

R

• Radiation Protection Act - SFS 1988:220
• Strålskyddsförordning (Radiation Protection Ordinance) - SFS 1988:293
• RCUK Policy and Guidelines on Governance of Good Research Conduct (Research Councils UK)
• Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative (EGI)
• Rec(99)4E on principles concerning the legal protection of incapable adults (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1046 (1986) on the use of human embryos and foetuses for diagnostic, therapeutic, scientific, industrial and commercial purposes (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1100 (1989) on the use of human embryos and foetuses in scientific research (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1121 (1990) on the rights of children (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1213 (1993) on developments in biotechnology and the consequences for agriculture (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1229 (1994) on equality of rights between men and women (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1235 (1994) on psychiatry and human rights (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1468 (2000) Biotechnologies (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation 1512 (2001) Protection of the Human Genome (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Recommendation 1762 (2006) Academic freedom and university autonomy (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Recommendation 1787 (2007) The precautionary principle and responsible risk management (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Recommendation 1864 (2009) Promoting the participation by children in decisions affecting them (Council of Europe)
• Recommendation (2000) 8 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the research mission of universities
• Recommendation (2003) 10 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on xenotransplantation
• Recommendation (2004) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Convention on Human Rights in university education and professional training
• Recommendation (2004) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the verification of the compatibility of draft laws, existing laws and administrative practice with the standards laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights
• Recommendation (2004) 10 on the protection of the human rights and dignity of persons with mental disorder and its Explanatory Memorandum
• Recommendation (2006) 4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on research on biological materials of human origin
• Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (UNESCO)
• Recommendation of the Council on the Governance of Clinical Trials
• Recommendation on Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases (OECD)
• Recommendation on the management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer activities and Code of Practice for universities and other public research organisations (European Union)
• Recommendations for Group-Author Articles in Scientific Journals and Bibliometric Databases (Council of Science Editors)
• Recommendations for Improving Reproducibility in Biomedical Research: An Open Letter to the Scientific Community (Baggerly a.o.)
• Recommendations on Patenting and licensing in genetic testing: ethical, legal and social issues (European Society of Human Genetics)
• Recommendations on the ethical review of hESC FP7 research projects (European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies to the European Commission)
• Recommendations on the Status of Scientific Researchers (UNESCO 1974)
• Recommendations concerning xenotransplantation (WHO)
• Recommended Core Ethical Values (Applied Ethics Case of the Month Club)
• Recommended guidelines for studies of human subjects with spinal cord injury (article in Spinal Cord)
• Reflection paper on ethical and GCP aspects of clinical trials of medicinal products for human use conducted in third countries and submitted in marketing authorisation applications to the EMA (European Medicines Agency)
• Reflection Paper on Pharmacogenomic Samples, Testing and Data Handling (European Medicines Agency)
• Reflection paper on stem cell-based medicinal products (European Medicines Agency)
• Reflection paper on the use of pharmacogenetics in the pharmacokinetic evaluation of medicinal products (European Medicines Agency)
• Reflections on cloning (The Vatican)
• Registerdata för forskning - SOU 2012:36 (Ministry of Finance)
• Regulations about the procedure in case of a person being accused of scientific misconduct (Uppsala University)
• Regulatory Aspects of Nanomaterials. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee (European Union)
• Report by the Director-General on the Drawing up of a Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics (UNESCO)
• Report of WHO Consultation on Xenotransplantation (World Health Organization)
• Report of the IBC on Ethics, Intellectual Property and Genomics (International Bioethics Committee)
• Report of the IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance (International Bioethics Committee)
• Report of the IBC on Solidarity and International Co-operation between Developed and Developing Countries concerning the Human Genome (International Bioethics Committee)
• Report of IBC on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity (International Bioethics Committee)
• Report on regulatory aspects of nanomaterials (European Parliament, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety)
• Report on the experts round table on the difficulties related to the use of new medicinal products in children (European Medicines Agency - EMA)
• Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004
• Research and Development for Neglected Diseases: Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges (IFPMA)
• Research and Societal Engagement (European Research Advisory Board)
• Research code of ethics (AMC - Holland)
• The Research Council of Norway, The national committee for research ethics in the social sciences and the humanities: Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences, law and the humanities
• Research ethics guidelines for internet research (National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social sciences and the Humanities, Norway)
• Research Ethics Policy Draft (International Institute for Environment and Development)
• Research Ethics Recommendations for Whole-Genome Research: Consensus Statement (article in PLOS Biology)
• Research Integrity: global responsibility to foster common standards - Science Policy Briefing 30 (European Science Foundation)
• Research on Infectious Diseases - policy briefing no 24 (European Science Foundation)
• Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption (Council of Europe )
• Resolution 1273 on Scientific Communication (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Resolution 1352 on Human Stem Cell Research (Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly)
• Resolution of 10 May 2012 on the patenting of essential biological processes (European Parliament )
• Resolution on Cloning (European Parliament)
• Resolution on equality between women and men in the European Union (European Parliament)
• Resolution on human cloning (European Parliament)
• Resolution on nanosciences and nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009 (European Parliament)
• Resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: A role for the European Parliament (European Parliament)
• Resolution on patents for biotechnological inventions (European Parliament)
• Resolution on research and sustainable development (The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly)
• Resolution on science and technology - Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research (European Parliament)
• Resolution on the ethical and legal problems of genetic engineering (European Parliament)
• Resolution on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012–2015 (European Parliament)
• Resolution on The Non-Commercialisation of Human Reproductive Material (World Medical Association)
• Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine (European Parliament)
• Resolution on the responsibility of physicians in the denunciation of acts of torture or cruel or inhuman or degrading treatment of which they are aware (WMA)
• Resolution on the trade in human egg cells (European Parliament)
• The RESPECT Code of Practice
  • An EU Code of Ethics for Socio-Economic Research (RESPECT Project Report)
• Respektera patientens rätt att avstå från livsuppehållande behandling (Swedish Society of Medicine)
• Responsible care status report (International Council of Chemical Associations - ICCA)
• Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise (InterAcademy Council)
• Responsible Conduct Regarding Scientific Communication (Society for Neuroscience)
• Reverence and responsibility in forest ethics: Inserting the meaning of life back into the culture of possession (International Institute for Environment and Development)
• Reviewing Clinical Trials: A Guide For The Ethics Committee (Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. - AAHRPP)
• Revised STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA): Extending the CONSORT Statement
• Rheumatic Diseases: A Major Challenge for European Research and Health Care - policy briefing no 26 (European Science Foundation)
• The Right to Live and be Different (Disabled Peoples' International)
• The rights of people with mental disorders: WPA perspective (The Lancet)
• Rights of young people to information and informed consent (Standing Committee of European Doctors)
• Rigour, respect and responsibility: A universal ethical code for scientists (Department of Trade & Industry, UK)
• Rijeka Declaration on the Future of Bioethics
• Riksföreningen Psykoterapi Centrum - RPC
  • Etiska riktlinjer
  • Etiska riktlinjer för psykoterapihandledare
• Riktlinjer för annonsering i media (Swedish Research Council)
• Riktlinjer för att redovisa kommersiella bindningar för dem som söker och som mottar forskningsbidrag från Vetenskapsrådet
• Riktlinjer för ersättningar till försökspersoner och till huvudman/prövningsteam i samband med forskning (Swedish Research Council)
• Riktlinjer för etisk värdering av medicinsk humanforskning (Medical Research Council - MFR)
• Riktlinjer för forskningsetisk prövning av human stamcellsforskning (Swedish Research Council)
• Riktlinjer för god medicinsk forskning (Medical Research Council - MFR)
• Riktlinjer för hantering av mänskliga kvarlevor (Statens historiska museer)
• Riktlinjer för hantering vid universitet och högskolor av frågor om vetenskaplig ohederlighet (The Association of Swedish Higher Education - SUHF)
• Riktlinjer för planering, genomförande och dokumentation av experimentell forskning (Region Skåne)
• Riktlinjer för planering, genomförande och dokumentering av experimentell forskning (Linköpings Universitet)
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
• Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology (UNESCO, COMEST)
• The role of the universities in the Europe of knowledge (Commucication from European Commission)
• Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (PIC Convention)
• The Russell-Einstein Manifesto (Pugwash)

S

• Samarbetskommittén för folkhälsoforskning: Proposed ethical guidelines for public health research
• Sample Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Research Misconduct (Office of Research Integrity, USA)
• Samtycke enligt personuppgiftslagen (Data Inspection Board)
• The Sanctity of Life in a Brave New World (Council for Biotechnology Policy)
• Science Agenda - Framework for Action (World Conference on Science)
• Science and Peace (United Nations)
• “Science and Society”: An agenda for a responsive and responsible European science in FP7 (European Research Advisory Board)
• Science and Technology and the Future of Cities - A Statement by seventy-two of the World's Scientific Academies, June 1996
• Science Communication in Europe - Policy briefing no 20 (European Science Foundation)
• Science Editors' Handbook (European Association of Science Editors)
• Scientific and Ethical Review Group (SERG), WHO: Guidelines for research
• Scientific Forward Look on Nanomedicine - policy briefing no 23 (European Science Foundation)
• Scientific Insight and Integrity in Public Policy (American Chemical Society)
• Scientific Publication: Policy on Open Access (European Research Advisory Board)
• Scientists' and Engineers' Pledge To Renounce Weapons of Mass Destruction (International campaign from various U.S. organisations)
• Scientists for Global Responsibility: Open Knowledge - A proposed adaptation of Open Science, focusing on guidelines for knowledge claims
• Scientists In Support Of Agricultural Biotechnology (AgBio World Foundation)
• Screening Framework Guidance for Synthetic Double-Stranded DNA Providers (Department of Health and Human Services, US)
• SFI Statement on Forest Ethics (Sustainable Forestry Initiative)
• Sharing Data from Large-scale Biological Research Projects: A System of Tripartite Responsibility (Wellcome Trust)
• Sharing Scientific Data, with a Focus on Developing Countries (International Council for Science, ICSU )
• Singapore Statement on Research Integrity
• Skrivelse om behovet av en översyn av regelverken kring forskning där material från djur och människa blandas (Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics)
• SKTF:
  • Etiska riktlinjer i socialt arbete
  • Yrkesetiska regler för chefer i offentlig verksamhet
• Skydd av djur som används för vetenskapliga ändamål. Prop. 2011/12:138 (Ministry for rural affairs)
• Skyddet för den personliga integriteten SOU 2007:22 (Ministry of Justice)
• Skyddet för den personliga integriteten - Bedömningar och förslag SOU 2008:3 (Ministry of Justice)
• SMER, see Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics
• Social Issues Research Centre: Guidelines on science and health communication
• Social Research Association: Ethical Guidelines (UK)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
• Socialstyrelsen följer upp tillämpningen av biobankslagen - Rapport av ett regeringsuppdrag
• Society for Adolescent Medicine: Code of Research Ethics
• Society for Economic Botany - Guidelines of Professional Ethics
• Society for Neuroscience:
  • Guidelines & Policies
  • Policy on Ethics
  • Policy Statement on Animal Research
  • Responsible Conduct Regarding Scientific Communication
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: SETAC Code of Ethics
• Society of Nuclear Medicine: Code of Ethics
• Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics
• Society of Toxicology
  • Code of Ethics
  • Position statement regarding the use of animals in toxicology
• Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Association for Computing Machinery - ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Task Force on Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practices)
• Spelregler för press, radio och TV
• SPIRIT: New guidance for content of clinical trial protocols
• SRA International: Code of Ethics
• St Vincent Declaration - on diabetes research in Europe
• Stamcellsforskning. Prop. 2003/04:148 (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
• Standards and Operational Guidance for Ethics Review of Health-Related Research with Human Participants (World Health Organization)
• Standards Board of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association: Standards, Guidelines and Procedures
• Standards for integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice (The National Association of Social Workers - NASW)
• Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD)
• Standing Committee of European Doctors:
  • Policy index
  • Rights of young people to information and informed consent
  • Statement on Ethical and Fair Patents
  • Statement on the European Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC
  • Statement on the Proposal for a Regulation on the General Data Protection Regulation 2012/0011(COD)
  • Statement on unethical drugs testing
  • Testing medicinal products on incapacitated patients
• Statement of Ethics (American Society of Agronomy)
• Statement of Forest Principles: Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
• Statement of Principles (Biotechnology Industry Organization - BIO)
• Statement on Academic Sanctions or Boycotts (World Medical Association)
• Statement on benefit-sharing (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on Cloning (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on DNA Sampling: Control and Access (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on Embryonic Stem Cell Research (World Medical Association)
• Statement on Gene Therapy (American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG)
• Statement on Gene Therapy Research (Human Genome Organisation)
• Statement on Genetics and Medicine (World Medical Association)
• Statement on Human Genomic Databases (Human Genome Organisation, Ethics Committee)
• Statement on Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality (World Medical Association)
• Statement 
on 
Policies 
and
 Practices 
Governing
 Data 
and 
Materials 
Sharing
 and 
Intellectual
 Property 
in 
Stem
 Cell 
Science (Hinxton Group)
• Statement on promoting the integrity of science and the scientific record (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
• Statement on publication practices and indices and the role of peer review in research assessment (ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Sciencei - CFRS)
• Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct (American Historical Association)
• Statement on Stem Cell Research (The American Society of Human Genetics)
• Statement on Stem Cell Research (Human Genome Organisation)
• Statement on the Green Paper on European space policy - Policy briefing no 22 (European Science Foundation)
• Statement on the Principled Conduct of Genetics Research (Human Genome Organisation - HUGO, Ethics Committe)
• Statement on Unethical drugs testing (Standing Committee of European Doctors)
• Statens Historiska Museer: Riktlinjer för hantering av mänskliga kvarlevor
• Statens offentliga utredningar, see Swedish Commissions of Public Inquiry
• Statistisk röjandekontroll (Statistiska centralbyrån)
• Stem Cell Patents: European Patent Law and Ethics Report (University of Nottingham)
• Stem Cell Research - Report (House of Lords, UK)
• Stem Cell Research and Applications - Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research (American Association for the Advancement of Science and Institute for Civil Society)
• Stewards of Integrity – Institutional Approaches to Promote and Safeguard Good Research Practice in Europe (European Science Foundation)
• STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology - STROBE Statement
• STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology – Molecular Epidemiology (STROBE-ME): An Extension of the STROBE Statement
• STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA) — An Extension of the STROBE Statement (article in PLoS Medicine)
• Structural Medicine: the importance of Glycomics for Health and Disease - policy briefing no 27 (European Science Foundation)
• Strålskyddsförordning - SFS 1988:293
• Strålsäkerhetsmyndighetens föreskrifter om allmänna skyldigheter vid medicinsk och odontologisk verksamhet med joniserande strålning - SSMFS 2008:35
• Student Pugwash USA - Pledge
• Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publications markets in Europe (European Commission DG Research)
• Stärkt ställning för patienten genom en ny patientlagstiftning - Dir. 2011:25 (Ministry of Health & Social Affairs)
• Suggested code of conduct for analysis of published raw data (Trials Journal)
• Survey on opinions from national ethics committees or similar bodies, public debate and national legislation in relation to human embryonic stem cell research and use: Volume II, Countries acceding to the EU, countries associated to FP6 and third countries - European Commission report, September 2003
• Sustainable development and the chemical industry (International council of chemical associations - ICCA)
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative: SFI Statement on Forest Ethics
• Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management:
  • Författningssamling
  • FIFS 2004:2 - Fiskeriverkets föreskrifter om genetiskt modifierade vattenlevande organismer
• Swedish Association of Authorized Gestalt Therapists: Etiska regler för terapeutisk verksamhet
• Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers: Hederskodex för Ingenjörer
• Swedish Association of Logopedists: Etiska riktlinjer
• Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists (FSA): Etisk kod
• Swedish Association of Registered Physiotherapists: Etiska regler för sjukgymnaster
• Swedish Association of University Teachers, SULF: Ethical guidelines for university teachers
• Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment - SWEDAC
  • Regulations
  • Införande av OECD:s principer om god laboratoriesed (GLP) - STAFS 2008:4
• Swedish Board of Agriculture:
  • Regulations from the Swedish Board of Agriculture - index
  • Animal Welfare Regulations
  • Ansökan om etisk prövning av djurförsök - blankett [Application form]
  • Instruktion för Ansökan om etisk prövning av djurförsök
  • Avsiktlig utsättning av genetiskt modifierade växter - SJVFS 2003:5
  • Innesluten användning av genetiskt modifierade växter - SJVFS 2007:29
  • Statens jordbruksverks föreskrifter om försiktighetsåtgärder vid odling av genetiskt modifierade grödor - SJVFS 2008:34
  • Statens Jordbruksverks föreskrifter och allmänna råd om försöksdjur - SJVFS 2012:26
  • Statens jordbruksverks föreskrifter och allmänna råd om slakt och annan avlivning av djur - SJVFS 2012:27
• Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate:
  • Regulations
  • Nanomaterial – aktiviteter för att identifiera och uppskatta risker
  • Säker användning av nanomaterial – behov av reglering och andra åtgärder
• Swedish collection of statutes - see also under each particular authority
  • SFS 1949:105 - The Freedom of the Press Act
  • SFS 1949:345 - Lag om rätten till arbetstagares uppfinningar
  • SFS 1960:729 - Act on Copyright in literary and artistic Works
  • SFS 1967:837 - Patentlag
  • SFS 1970:485 - Mönsterskyddslag
  • SFS1970:486 - Mönsterskyddsförordning
  • SFS 1974:152 - Instrument of Government
  • SFS 1977:1160 - Work Environment Act
  • SFS 1982:80 - Lag om anställningsskydd
  • SFS 1982:763 - The Health and Medical Service Act
  • SFS 1986:223 - Administrative Procedure Act
  • SFS 1988:220 - Radiation Protection Act
  • SFS 1988:293 - Strålskyddsförordning
  • SFS 1988:534 - Animal Welfare Act
  • SFS 1988:539 - Animal Welfare Ordinance
  • SFS 1998:808 - The Swedish Environmental Code, with supplementing ordinances
  • SFS 1990:782 - Arkivlag
  • SFS 1991:93 - Förordning om införande av OECDs principer om god laboratoriesed
  • SFS 1991:446 - Arkivförordning
  • SFS 1991:1469 - The Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression
  • SFS 1992:859 - Läkemedelslag
  • SFS 1992:1434 - Higher Education Act
  • SFS 1993:100 - Higher Education Ordinance
  • SFS 1993:221 - Förordning för Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
  • SFS 1993:584 - Lag om medicintekniska produkter
  • SFS 1993:1058 - Förordning om sjukvårdsregister hos Socialstyrelsen för forskning och statistik
  • SFS 1994:193 - Internationell upphovsrättsförordning
  • SFS 1994:260 - Public Employment Act
  • SFS 1994:1219 - Lag om den europeiska konventionen angående skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och de grundläggande friheterna
  • SFS 1994:1495 - Förordning om överlämnande av allmänna handlingar till andra organ än myndigheter för förvaring
  • SFS 1995:831 - Lag om transplantation m.m.
  • SFS 1995:832 - Lag om obduktion m.m.
  • SFS 1996:799 - Patientskadelag
  • SFS 1997:143 - Förordning om biverkningsregister angående läkemedel
  • SFS 1997:306 - Växtförädlarrättslag
  • SFS 1998:204 - Personal Data Act
  • SFS 1998:543 - Lag om hälsodataregister
  • SFS 1998:808 - The Swedish Environmental Code
  • SFS 1998:899 - Förordning om miljöfarlig verksamhet och hälsoskydd
  • SFS 1998:1191 - Personal Data Ordinance
  • SFS 1999:353 - Lag om rättspsykiatriskt forskningsregister
  • SFS 2000:271 - Förordning om innesluten användning av genetiskt modifierade organismer
  • SFS 2000:1064 - Law on control over products with dual-use and over technical assistance
  • SFS 2000:1217 - Ordinance on control of products with dual-use and of technical assistance
  • SFS 2001:99 - Lag om den officiella statistiken
  • SFS 2002:297 - Biobanks in Medical Care Act
  • SFS 2002:746 - Förordning om biobanker i hälso- och sjukvården m.m.
  • SFS 2002:1086 - Förordning om utsättning av genetiskt modifierade organismer i miljön
  • SFS 2003:460 - The Act concerning the Ethical Review of Research Involving Humans
  • SFS 2003:615 - Statute concerning the ethical vetting of research involving humans
  • SFS 2004:989 - Förordning om översyn av vissa miljöfarliga verksamheter
  • SFS 2006 - Läkemedelsförordning
  • SFS 2006:304 - Lag om rättsprövning av vissa regeringsbeslut
  • SFS 2006:351 - The Genetic Integrity Act
  • SFS 2007:1068 - Statute containing instructions for the Central Ethical Review Board
  • SFS 2007:1069 - Statute containing instructions for regional ethical review boards
  • SFS 2008:286 - Lag om kvalitets- och säkerhetsnormer vid hantering av mänskliga vävnader och celler
  • SFS 2008:355 - Patientdatalag
  • SFS 2008:360 - Patientdataförordning
  • SFS 2008:414 - Förordning om kvalitets- och säkerhetsnormer vid hantering av mänskliga vävnader och celler
  • SFS 2008:567 - Discrimination Act
  • SFS 2008:568 - Act concerning the Equality Ombudsman
  • SFS 2008:762 - Förordning om statligt stöd till forskning och utveckling samt innovation
  • SFS 2009:400 - Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act
  • SFS 2009:641 - Public Access to Information and Secrecy Ordinance
  • SFS 2010:659 - Patientsäkerhetslag
  • SFS 2010:1369 - Patientsäkerhetsförordning
• Swedish Commissions of Public Inquiry
  • SOU 1999:4 - God sed i forskningen
  • SOU 2000:52 - Framtidens miljö - allas vårt ansvar
  • SOU 2000:103. Att spränga gränser. Bioteknikens möjligheter och risker (Bioteknikkommittén)
  • SOU 2002:86 - Etisk prövning av djurförsök. Förutsättningarna för den djurförsöksetiska prövningen
  • SOU 2004:20 - Genetik, integritet och etik (Kommittén om genetisk integritet)
  • SOU 2004:55 - Ett utvidgat skydd mot könsdiskriminering
  • SOU 2006:70 - Oinskränkt produktskydd för patent på genteknikområdet (Ministry of Justice)
  • SOU 2006:82 - Patientdatalag (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
  • SOU 2007:22 - Skyddet för den personliga integriteten (Ministry of Justice)
  • SOU 2007:48 - Patientdata och läkemedel m.m. (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
  • SOU 2007:57 - Etiskt godkännande av djurförsök - nya former för överprövning (Ministry of Agriculture)
  • SOU 2007:80 - Reach - genomförande och sanktioner (Ministry of Environment)
  • SOU 2008:3 - Skyddet för den personliga integriteten - Bedömningar och förslag (Ministry of Justice)
  • SOU 2008:20 - Patentskydd för biotekniska uppfinningar (Ministry of Justice)
  • SOU 2010:68 - Ny yttrandefrihetsgrundlag? Yttrandefrihetskommittén presenterar tre modeller (Ministry of Justice)
  • SOU 2010:81 - En ny biobankslag (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs)
  • SOU 2011:32 - En ny upphovsrättslag (Ministry of Justice)
  • SOU 2011:75 - Ny djurskyddslag (Ministry for rural affairs)
  • Registerdata för forskning - SOU 2012:36 (Ministry of Finance)
• Swedish Dental Association: Etiska riktlinjer
• The Swedish Environmental Code - SFS 1998:808
• Swedish Institute of Biomedical Laboratory Science - IBL: IBLs nationella yrkesetiska riktlinjer
• Swedish Medical Association:
  • Sveriges läkarförbunds etiska regler
  • Uppdrag för läkemedelsindustrin: Etiska regler
  • Överenskommelsen mellan Sveriges läkarförbund och Läkemedelsindustriföreningen, LIF
• Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics (SMER):
  • Brev: Inför beredningen av ny lagstiftning rörande forskningsregister som LifeGene
  • En sammanhållen reglering avseende ställföreträdare för patienter med bristande beslutsförmåga
  • Etiska aspekter på nanoteknik
  • Opinion on Draft additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on Biomedical Research
  • Remissvar ang. betänkandet En ny biobankslag – SOU 2010:81
  • Remissvar angående Förordning om register för viss befolkningsbaserad forskning (U2012/3414/F)
  • Remissvar avseende delbetänkandet Registerdata för forskning – SOU 2012:36
  • Remissyttrande över slutbetänkandet Patentskydd för biotekniska uppfinningar
  • Skrivelse: En sammanhållen reglering avseende ställföreträdare för patienter med bristande beslutsförmåga
  • Skrivelse om behovet av en översyn av regelverken kring forskning där material från djur och människa blandas
  • Synpunkter lagrådspromemoria Register för viss forskning
• Swedish Pharmaceutical Association: Etiska riktlinjer för farmacevter
• Swedish Psychological Association: Yrkesetiska principer för psykologer i norden
• Swedish Research Council:
  • Publications & guidelines
  • Begrepp om forskningsfusk
  • Forskningsetiska riktlinjer för nyttjande av biobanker för forskningsändamål
  • Good Research Practice
  • Policydokument: Behandling av personuppgifter
  • Policyuttalande angående bedömning av vetenskapliga studier där patienter eller friska försökspersoner ska genomgå invasiva ingrepp
  • Pressmeddelande, 2009-10-07: Vetenskapsrådet kräver fri tillgång till forskningsresultat
  • Riktlinjer för annonsering i media
  • Riktlinjer för ersättningar till försökspersoner och till huvudman/prövningsteam i samband med forskning
  • Riktlinjer för etisk värdering av medicinsk humanforskning
  • Riktlinjer för forskningsetisk prövning av human stamcellsforskning
  • Riktlinjer för god medicinsk forskning
  • Vetenskapsrådets föreskrifter och allmänna råd för etikprövning av forskning som avser människor. VRFS 2012:1
• Swedish Society for Occupational and Environmental Hygenists - SYMF : Etikregler
• Swedish Society of Medicine:
  • Riktlinjer
  • Respektera patientens rätt att avstå från livsuppehållande behandling
• Swedish Work Environment Authority
  • Regulations (AFS)
  • AFS 1990:11 - Arbete med försöksdjur
  • AFS 1993:17 - Kränkande särbehandling i arbetslivet
  • AFS 1997:10 -Laboratoriearbete med kemikalier
  • AFS 2000:4 - Kemiska arbetsmiljörisker
  • AFS 2000:5 - Innesluten användning av genetiskt modifierade mikroorganismer
  • AFS 2005:01 - Mikrobiologiska arbetsmiljörisker - smitta, toxinpåverkan, överkänslighet
• Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundets principer för god arkeologisk praxis
• Sveriges Professorers Förening, SULF: Professorernas hederskodex
• Swiss Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries: Guidelines for Research in Partnership with Developing Countries: 11 Principles
• The Sydney Declaration: Good Research Drives Good Policy and Programming - A Call to Scale Up Research
• Synpunkter lagrådspromemoria Register för viss forskning (SMER)
• Säker användning av nanomaterial – behov av reglering och andra åtgärder (Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate)
• Säkerhet för personuppgifter - allmänna råd (Data Inspection Board)

T

• The Talloires Declaration (University Leaders for a Sustainable Future)
• Tape and video recording and client observation of interviews and group discussions (European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research, ESOMAR)
• Tavistock Group: A shared statement of ethical principles for those who shape and give health care
• 10 Recommendations for Closing the Credibility Gap in Reporting Industry-Sponsored Research (The Medical Publishing Insights and Practices initiative, MPIP)
• Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics (Computer Ethics Institute)
• Testing medicinal products on incapacitated patients (Standing Committee of European Doctors)
• TestSmart - A Humane and Efficient Approach to SIDS Data: Recommendations
• The Tehran Statement on Bioethics (UNESCO)
• Therapeutic Uses of Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells (Conference of European Churches)
• The True Cost of Gene Patents. The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living Organisms (Greenpeace)
• Tilläggsdirektiv till Utredningen om överklagande av de djurförsöksetiska nämndernas beslut - Dir. 2006:130 (Swedish Government)
• Time and temperance: How perceptions about time shape forest ethics and practice (International Institute for Environment and Development)
• The Tkarihwaié:ri Code of Ethical Conduct to Ensure Respect for the Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Indigenous and Local Communities
• Toronto International Data Release Workshop: Prepublication data sharing (article in Nature)
• Toronto Resolution
• Tokyo Declaration: Guidelines for Medical Doctors Concerning Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment
• Towards agreement on best practice for publishing raw clinical trial data (Trials)
• Transition to Sustainability in the 21st Century: The Contribution of Science and Technology. (InterAcademy Panel on International Issues)
• Treaty establishing the European Community
• Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)
• TRIPs - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (World Trade Organization - WTO)
• Tryckfrihetsförordning - SFS 1949:105
• 25 recommendations on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic testing (European Commission)

U

• Ukupseni Declaration, Kuna Yala on the Human Genome Diversity Project (The Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism - IPCB)
• UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS:
  • Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials
  • Ethical considerations in HIV preventive vaccine research
  • Interim Guidelines on Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of HIV Information
  • Good participatory practice: guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials (Draft)
  • Statement and Recommendations on Scaling up HIV Testing and Counselling
• Uncensored exchange of scientific results (various journals)
• UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, see also International Bioethics Committee
  • Casebook on Benefit and Harm
  • Casebook on human dignity and human rights
  • Code of Conduct for Social Science Research
  • Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers
  • Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, and the Operational Guidelines to this convention
  • Convention For the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  • Declaration of Oaxaca
  • Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations
  • Ethical Guidelines for International Comparative Social Science Research in the framework of MOST (Management of Social Transformations - MOST)
  • The Ethics and Politics of Nanotechnology
  • Ethics of Science and Technology: explorations of the frontiers of science and ethics (book)
  • Guide books for Bioethics Committees:
    • Establishing Bioethics Committees - Guide book no 1
    • Bioethics committees at work: Procedures and policies - Guide book no 2
    • Educating Bioethics Committees - Guide book no 3
  • International Declaration on Human Genetic Data
  • Implementation of the universal declaration on the human genome and human rights (resolution)
  • National Bioethics Committees in Action
  • Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access
  • Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel
  • Recommendations on the Status of Scientific Researchers
  • Report by the Director-General on the Drawing up of a Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics
  • Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology (COMEST)
  • The Tehran Statement on Bioethics
  • Universal Copyright Convention
  • Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights
  • Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
  • Water Ethics and Water Resource Management
• UNHCHR - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Convention on the Rights of the Child
• UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects
• Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
• Union Network International, UNI: Code of professional, social and ethical responsibility for professional and managerial staff
• United Nations:
  • Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary
  • Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers
  • Convention against Corruption
  • Convention on Biological Diversity
    • Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing: Bonn Guidelines
    • Akwé: Kon - Voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessments regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity)
    • The Tkarihwaié:ri Code of Ethical Conduct to Ensure Respect for the Cultural and Intellectual Heritage of Indigenous and Local Communities
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
  • Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
  • Draft Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (UN-REDD Programme)
  • Emerging Challenges: Nanotechnology and the environment
  • Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Genetic privacy and non-discrimination
  • Global Compact - 9 Principles
  • Guidelines Concerning Computerized Personal Data Files
  • Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  • Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance (UN University's Institute of Advanced Studies)
  • Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights
  • Principles of Medical Ethics Relevant to the Protection of Prisoners Against Torture (1983)
  • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
  • Science and Peace
  • Standard rules [Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities]
  • Statement of Forest Principles: Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests (The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
  • Universal declaration of Human Rights
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
  • Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects
  • Screening Framework Guidance for Synthetic Double-Stranded DNA Providers
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Regulatory & Scientific Guidances
• United States Patent and Trademark Office: Utility Examination Guidelines
• Universal Copyright Convention (UNESCO)
• Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic (Parliament of the World's Religions)
• Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities (InterAction Council)
• Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations)
• Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UNESCO)
• Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (UNESCO)
• Universal Ethical Code for Scientists (Council for Science & Technology, UK)
• University Leaders for a Sustainable Future: The Talloires Declaration
• University of Toronto: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Participant Observation
• Uppdrag för läkemedelsindustrin: Etiska regler (The Swedish Medical Association)
• Uppföljning av patentskyddet för biotekniska uppfinningar [Follow up on patents for biotechnology inventions] (Ministry of Justice, directive 2005:002)
• Uppsala Code of Ethics for Scientists
• Uppsala University: Regulations about the procedure in case of a person being accused of scientific misconduct
• Use of animals in research - policy briefing no 9 (European Science Foundation)
• The Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Therapeutic Research (International Bioethics Committee)
• Utility Examination Guidelines (United States Patent and Trademark Office)

V,W

• Vancouver rules: See Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
• The Washington DC Principles for Free Access to Science
• Washington Declaration on Biological Weapons (World Medical Association)
• The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest)
• Water Ethics and Water Resource Management (UNESCO)
• Vatican - Pontifical Academy for Life & Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  • Concluding Communiqué on the "Ethics of Biomedical Research. For a Christian Vision"
  • Declaration on the production and the scientific and therapeutic use of the human embryonic stem cells
  • Final Communiqué on "The dignity of human procreation and reproductive technologies. Anthropological and ethical aspects" (Vatican)
  • Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions
  • Notes on cloning
  • Observations on the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights
  • Prospects for Xenotransplantation - Scientific Aspects and Ethical Considerations
  • Reflections on cloning
  • Statement of the Holy See on Human Cloning addressed to the United Nations
• Wellcome Trust: Sharing Data from Large-scale Biological Research Projects: A System of Tripartite Responsibility
• The WFEO Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers (World Federation of Engineering organizations - WFEO)
• The WFEO Model Code of Ethics (The World Federation of Engineering organizations)
• White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications (Council of Science Editors)
• White Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients in a psychiatric establishment (Council of Europe, Steering Committee on Bioethics)
• Who owns science? The Manchester Manifesto
• Who's the Author? Problems with Biomedical Authorship, and Some Possible Solutions (Council of Science Editors)
• Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle
• Vissa etikprövningsfrågor m.m., prop. 2007/08:44 (Ministry of Education)
• Vissa register för forskning om vad arv och miljö betyder för människors hälsa. Prop. 2012/13:163 (Ministry of Education)
• Voluntary Moratorium On Cloning Human Beings (Society for Developmental Biology)
• Working document on Genetic Data (Article 29 Data Protection Working Party)
• Working Document on the Principle of Respect for Human Vulnerability and Personal Integrity (International Bioethics Committee)
• Working Effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy – Guidance for Scientists and Research Organizations (IUFRO)
• World Archaeological Congress: Codes of Ethics
• World Association of Medical Editors: Policy Statements
• World Association of Opinion and Marketing Research Professionals: Codes and Guidelines
• World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology, COMEST:
  • Bangkok Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology
  • Dakar Declaration
  • Nanotechnologies and ethics: policies and actions
  • Summary Report on Recommendations Adopted at the Sixth Ordinary Session
  • The Precautionary Principle - report
• World Confederation for Physical Therapy: Ethical Principles
• World Conference on Science
  • Declaration on science and the use of scientific knowledge
  • Science Agenda - Framework for Action
• World Dental Federation - FDI:
  • Statements
  • International Principles Of Ethics For The Dental Profession
  • Guidelines for a Code of Ethics for Dental Publications
• World Federation of Engineering organizations - WFEO: The WFEO Model Code of Ethics
• World Federation of Occupational Therapists - WFOT: Code of Ethics for Occupational Therapists
• World Federation of Science Journalists: Constitution
• World Future Council: The Hamburg Call To Action
• World Health Assembly: see World Health Organization - WHO
• World Health Organization - WHO
  • A Practical Guide for Health Researchers
  • Ethical challenges in study design and informed consent for health research in resource-poor settings (WHO report, includes author's ethical recommendations)
  • Ethical considerations arising from vaccine trials
  • Genetic databases - Assessing the benefits and the impact on human & patient rights
  • Good Clinical Laboratory Practice - GCLP
  • Guideline for obtaining informed consent for the procurement and use of human tissues, cells and fluids in research (SERG)
  • Guidelines and Resources for Submitting a Research Proposal
  • Guidelines for good clinical practice (GCP) for trials on pharmaceutical products [currently under revision]
    • Handbook for Good Clinical Research Practice
  • Guidelines for research (SERG)
  • Guidelines for the Safe Transport of Infectious Substances and Diagnostic Specimens
  • Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation
  • Indigenous peoples & participatory health research
  • Informed Consent Template for Research Involving Children (Qualitative Studies)
  • Innovation and Public Health, Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights
  • International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
  • Medical Genetics and Biotechnology: Implications for Public Health "Draft guidelines on bioethics"
  • Mexico Statement on Health Research - Knowledge for better health: strengthening health systems
  • Policy paper on research for health (Pan American Health Organization)
  • Principles of Medical Ethics
  • The Process of Obtaining Informed Consent
  • Proposed international guidelines on ethical issues in medical genetics and genetic services
  • Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence against Women
  • Recommendations concerning xenotransplantation
  • Report of WHO Consultation on Xenotransplantation
  • Standards and Operational Guidance for Ethics Review of Health-Related Research with Human Participants (World Health Organization)
  • WHO’s role and responsibilities in health research. Draft WHO strategy on research for health
• World Heritage Convention: Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
  • Operational Guidelines for the Convention (UNESCO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO
  • Treaties administered by WIPO
  • Bandung Declaration on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions, Traditional Knowledge, and Genetic Resources
  • Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
  • Copyright Treaty
  • Intellectual Property and the Safeguarding of Traditional Cultures – Legal Issues and Practical Options for Museums, Libraries and Archives (WIPO report)
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty, with accompanying regulations
  • WIPO-UNEP Study on the Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the Sharing of Benefits Arising from the Use of Biological Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
• World Medical Association - WMA
  • Policy index
  • Declaration of Hamburg - Declaration Concerning Support for Medical Doctors Refusing to Participate in, or to Condone, the Use of Torture or Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
  • Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects
    • Clarification on Declaration of Helsinki
    • Workgroup report on the revision of paragraph 30 of the Declaration of Helsinki
  • Declaration of Ottawa on the Rights of the Child to Health Care
  • Declaration of Washington on Biological Weapons
  • Declaration on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Databases
  • Declaration on Nuclear Weapons
  • Declaration on Physician Independence and Professional Freedom
  • Declaration on Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation
  • Declaration on the Rights of the Patient
  • Guidelines for Medical Doctors Concerning Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment [Tokyo declaration]
  • International Code of Medical Ethics - Declaration of Geneva
  • Medical Ethics Manual
  • Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation
  • Professional Responsibility for Standards of Medical Care
  • Resolution on The Non-Commercialisation of Human Reproductive Material
  • Resolution on the responsibility of physicians in the denunciation of acts of torture or cruel or inhuman or degrading treatment of which they are aware
  • Statement on Academic Sanctions or Boycotts
  • Statement on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
  • Statement on Genetics and Medicine
  • Statement on Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality
• World Nuclear Association: Charter of Ethics
• World Psychiatric Association - WPA
  • Declaration of Hawaii
  • Kobe Declaration
  • Madrid Declaration on Ethical Standards for Psychiatric Practice
  • The rights of people with mental disorders: WPA perspective (The Lancet)
• World Trade Organization - WTO
  • Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health, the Doha declaration
• World Transhumanist Association: Position on Human Germline Genetic Modification
• Vägledning om genetiskt modifierade livsmedel (National Food Administration)
• Växtförädlarrättslag - SFS 1997:306

X,Y

• Yrkesetiska principer för psykologer i norden (The Swedish Psychological Association)
• Yrkesetiska riktlinjer (Civilekonomerna)
• Yrkesetiska regler för chefer i offentlig verksamhet (SKTF)
• Yrkesetiska riktlinjer för socionomer (Akademikerförbundet SSR)
• Yttrandefrihetsgrundlag - SFS 1991:1469

Z,Å,Ä

• Ändringar i mönsterskyddslagen på grund av EG-förordningen om gemenskapsformgivning, Prop. 2003/04:177
• Ändringar i patentlagen - nya medicinska användningsområden, Proposition 2010/11:82 (Ministry of Justice)
  • Näringsutskottets betänkande 2010/11:NU24, Ändring i patentlagen – nya medicinska användningsområden (Decision by Swedish Parliament)

Ö

• Överenskommelsen mellan Sveriges läkarförbund och Läkemedelsindustriföreningen, LIF
• Övergripande principer för offentlighet och sekretess i integritetskänslig forskning (report from SUHF)
• Överklagande av de djurförsöksetiska nämndernas beslut Dir. 2006:32 (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs)
• Översyn av djurskyddslagstiftningens utformning och innehåll, SOU 2009:57 (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs)
• Översyn av lagen (2002:297) om biobanker i hälso- och sjukvården m.m. Dir. 2008:71 (Ministry of Health & Social Affairs)

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