[1][2][3] The functions of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) are as follows:[4] -Promoting reflection on ethical and legal issues related to life sciences research and its applications, and encouraging the exchange of ideas and information, especially through education.
The main purpose of this instrument is to protect the human genome from improper manipulations that may endanger the identity and physical integrity of future generations.
It aims to provide a comprehensive framework of principles that should guide biomedical activities, in order to ensure that they are in conformity with international human rights law.
[9] The academic Thomas Alured Faunce has analysed this Declaration's non-binding social responsibility, technology transfer and transnational benefit principles which expressly apply to private and public corporations as well as states.
[11][12] The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights aims to establish the fundamental ethical principles that should guide scientific and medical practices worldwide.