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Bioethics and Safety Act.

Country/Territory
Korea, Republic of
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Biosafety Pollution control Research GMO Basic legislation
Geographical area
Asia, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

The purpose of this Act is to ensure bioethics and biosafety, thereby contributing to the promotion of citizens' health and the improvement of their quality of life by preventing the violation of human dignity and values or the infliction of harm on human body in the course of researching on human beings and human materials or of handling embryos, genes. In particular, the State and local governments shall formulate policies necessary to efficiently address bioethics and biosafety issues, they shall also formulate schemes to provide administrative and financial support to research and activities relating to bioethics and biosafety. Article 7 deals with the establishment and functions of the National Bioethics Committee. The text consists of 70 articles.

Full text
English
Website
www.klri.re.kr