Papers by Iñigo De Miguel Beriain
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Dilemata, 2011
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Revista jurídica Universidad …, 2009
... | Ayuda. Pelayo Olmedo, Daniel, Las comunidades ideológicas y religiosas, la personalidad jur... more ... | Ayuda. Pelayo Olmedo, Daniel, Las comunidades ideológicas y religiosas, la personalidad jurídica y la actividad registral. Autores: Iñigo de Miguel Beriain ( res. ), Aroa Galán Rojas ( res. ); Localización: Revista jurídica Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, ISSN 1575-720X, Nº. ...
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Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Digital COVID certificates are a novel public health policy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Thes... more Digital COVID certificates are a novel public health policy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. These immunity certificates aim to incentivize vaccination and to deny international travel or access to essential spaces to those who are unable to prove that they are not infectious. In this article, we start by describing immunity certificates and highlighting their differences from vaccination certificates. Then, we focus on the ethical, legal, and social issues involved in their use, namely autonomy and consent, data protection, equity, and international mobility from a global fairness perspective. The main conclusion of our analysis is that digital COVID certificates are only acceptable if they meet certain conditions: that they should not process personal data beyond what is strictly necessary for the aimed goals, that equal access to them should be guaranteed, and that they should not restrict people’s autonomy to access places where contagion is unlikely. We conclude that, if such c...
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prenatal diagnosis, 2019
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Journal of medical ethics, 2019
This papers is meant to defend the idea that germline gene editing should not limit to serious di... more This papers is meant to defend the idea that germline gene editing should not limit to serious diseases. Instead, its relevance comes from the fact that it could address all genetic diseases
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Reproductive biomedicine online 37(4) DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.08.010, 2018
In December 2017, Alain Pottage published an article denying the patentability of a technique cal... more In December 2017, Alain Pottage published an article denying the patentability of a technique called Time-Lapse Monitoring (TLM). His argument was that this procedure, like all other embryo selection procedures, fails to respect human dignity. Here, we argue that this statement is mistaken because assisted reproductive technologies (ART) require a scarce resource, namely a woman's uterus in the right physiological condition. Therefore, embryo selection using TLM is entirely appropriate, as it is not possible to guarantee that all of them will have access to the environment they need to develop. Hence, the use of techniques designed to maximize the number of live births and minimize the suffering of women who undergo failed embryo transfers is a moral obligation.
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EMBO Reports, 2018
Human dignity has traditionally been considered as a key factor to oppose human gene editing. Thi... more Human dignity has traditionally been considered as a key factor to oppose human gene editing. This paper demonstrates that, on the opposite, dignity might justify gene editing
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Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine , 2018
The article provides for a preliminary analysis, from both an ethical and legal point of view, of... more The article provides for a preliminary analysis, from both an ethical and legal point of view, of the benefits and treats derived from the application of the survival criterion as a innovative “non eugenics” parameter of in vitro embryos’ selection following preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). The use of this criterion, which seems to reduce traditional criticisms raised by the use of PGD, has been recently made possible by the outcomes of two researches, which have describe a relationship between the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) level and the embryo implantation probabilities. This may represent an objective tool that allows an accurate embryo selection in the IVF context, on the basis of the probability to survive to the transfer process and get implanted into a woman uterus, while significantly increasing moral acceptability of selection.
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ORBIT Journal, 2019
Policymakers struggle to assess the ethical, legal and human rights impacts of IT systems in rese... more Policymakers struggle to assess the ethical, legal and human rights impacts of IT systems in research, industry, and at home. At the same time, research needs to be useful for industry, academia, and society to have impact on policy. Right now, three European projects: PANELFIT, SHERPA and SIENNA, are working together with stakeholders to improve ethical, human rights and legal frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICT), big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Stakeholder involvement is key, and the outputs will support the European Union’s vision of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), as a means to foster the design of inclusive research and innovation. Here, we provide a short introduction to the projects and outline plans for collaboration with the aim to maximiseour joint policy impact.
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the american journal of bioethics, 2019
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Drug shortages have been identified as a public health problem in an increasing number of countri... more Drug shortages have been identified as a public health problem in an increasing number of countries. This can negatively impact on the quality and efficiency of patient care, as well as contribute to increases in the cost of treatment and the workload of health care providers. Shortages also raise ethical and political issues. The scientific evidence on drug shortages is still scarce, but many lessons can be drawn from cross-country analyses. The objective of this study was to characterize, compare, and evaluate the current systemic measures and legislative and organizational frameworks aimed at preventing or mitigating drug shortages within health care systems across a range of European and Western Asian countries. The study design was retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive and observational. Information was gathered through a survey distributed among senior personnel from ministries of health, state medicines agencies, local health authorities, other health or pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement authorities, health insurance companies and academic institutions, with knowledge of the pharmaceutical markets in the 28 countries studied. Our study found that formal definitions of drug shortages currently exist in only a few countries. The characteristics of drug shortages, including their assortment, duration, frequency and dynamics, were found to be variable and sometimes difficult to assess. Numerous information hubs were identified. Providing public access to information on drug shortages to the maximum possible extent is a prerequisite for performing more advanced studies on the problem and identifying solutions. Imposing public service obligations, providing the formal possibility to prescribe unlicensed medicines, and temporary bans on parallel exports are widespread measures. A positive finding of our study was the identification of numerous bottom-up initiatives and organizational frameworks aimed at preventing or mitigating drug shortages. The experiences and lessons drawn from these initiatives should be carefully evaluated, monitored and presented to a wider international audience for careful appraisal. To be able to find solutions to the problem of drug shortages, there is an urgent need to develop a set of agreed definitions for drug shortages, as well as methodologies for their evaluation and monitoring. This is being progressed.
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The application of genetic editing techniques for the prevention or cure of disease is a highly p... more The application of genetic editing techniques for the prevention or cure of disease is a highly promising tool for the future of humanity. However, its implementation contains a number of ethical and legal challenges that should not be underestimated. On this basis, some sectors have already asked for a veto on any intervention that modifies the human germ line, while supporting somatic line editing. In this paper, I will support that this suggestion makes no sense at all, because the somatic/germ line disjunctive has no moral relevance and, therefore, it should not play any role in legal terms. I will provide a number of reasons to hold this assumption, such as the non‐sacred nature of the germ line, the difference between germ line and human genome modification, or the moral importance of the presence of a will to create modified descendants. While doing so, I will provide some examples of the different approaches to germ line editing adopted by different regulations so as to demonstrate that, contrary to what is sometimes stated, a general ban on this practice is not the rule, but the exception. Additionally, I will show how alternative options which currently exist, such as a selective ban based on criteria different to the germ line/somatic line distinction, match better with the need to conciliate research needs and legitimate ethical concerns. Finally, I will introduce some further suggestions to this same purpose.
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El Principio del Altruismo Procreativo ha sido recientemente propuesto por dos bioéticos de parti... more El Principio del Altruismo Procreativo ha sido recientemente propuesto por dos bioéticos de particular prestigio, Tom Douglas y Katrien Devolder. De acuerdo con su definición, el principio señala que “si las parejas (o los progenitores únicos) han decidido tener un niño y la selección es posible, tienen razones morales significativas para elegir un niño cuya existencia cabe esperar que contribuirá más (o impedirá menos) al bienestar de otros que cualquier otro niño que pudieran tener”. El objeto del presente texto será analizar críticamente la consistencia de este nuevo principio, así como introducir algunas matizaciones que excluyan sus consecuencias más censurables. The Principle of Procreative Altruism has been recently proposed in the bioethics literature by two eminent authors, Tom Douglas and Katrien Devolder. According to their definition, the Principle states that “If couples (or single reproducers) have decided to have a child, and selection is possible, they have significant moral reason to select a child whose existence can be expected to contribute more to (or detract less from) the well-being of others than any alternative child they could have.” This paper is aimed to analyze the consistency of this principle and to introduce some considerations devoted to exclude any kind of unmoral consequence of its use.
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El libro está dedicado a cuestiones de bioseguridad. Contribuimos con un capítulo dedicado a la r... more El libro está dedicado a cuestiones de bioseguridad. Contribuimos con un capítulo dedicado a la regulación de la respuesta a crisis en la UE.
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Resumen: En los últimos dos años se ha producido un cambio notable en la regulación de la respons... more Resumen: En los últimos dos años se ha producido un cambio notable en la regulación de la responsabilidad de los servidores públi-cos. La derogación de la vieja Ley del Régimen Jurídico de las Admi-nistraciones Públicas, la modificación del Código Penal, o la aproba-ción de la nueva Ley de Transparencia han contribuido mucho a construir un nuevo panorama. Este texto intenta exponer cómo ha quedado la normativa actualmente. Por tanto, se ofrece una visión global de la responsabilidad penal, patrimonial y disciplinaria de la materia, acompañada de una visión crítica sobre la realidad práctica a la que da lugar. Abstract: In recent years there has been a notable change in the regulation of the responsibility of public servants. The repeal of the Law on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations, the modification of the Criminal Code and the approval of the Transparency Law have created a new framework. This text tries to expose the current Spa-nish regulation on these issues. Therefore, it offers a global vision of the criminal, patrimonial and disciplinary responsibility of public servants, accompanied by a critical vision on the practise.
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El objetivo de este texto consiste en
analizar las consecuencias que la creación de
quimeras e hí... more El objetivo de este texto consiste en
analizar las consecuencias que la creación de
quimeras e híbridos puede llegar a tener
sobre los paradigmas éticos con los que contamos
ahora mismo, especialmente el antropocentrismo.
Intentaremos demostrar que
este paradigma no es capaz de afrontar adecuadamente
la existencia de esta clase de
seres, que desafían las premisas sobre las
que se construye. Esto debería llevarnos a reemplazarlo
por otros modelos éticos.
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El objetivo del presente texto consiste en exponer la problemática aso-ciada a las terapias génic... more El objetivo del presente texto consiste en exponer la problemática aso-ciada a las terapias génicas. A lo largo de las siguientes páginas analizare-mos cuidadosamente cómo la genética pude contribuir a combatir muchas de las patologías que afectan al ser humano a través de la modificación o sustitución de los genes implicados en su aparición. Posteriormente, pro-cederemos a estudiar los puntos de conflicto a los que pueden dar lugar desde una perspectiva ético-jurídica, intentando establecer algunos crite-rios capaces de orientar el desarrollo de unas técnicas que, por su poten-cial, pueden variar ostensiblemente el futuro de la especie humana. El tema que ahora nos ocupa goza, por tanto, de una enorme impor-tancia. Tanto es así que son muchos los que piensan que el futuro de la medicina se encuentra, precisamente, en el desarrollo de este tipo de prácticas. Esta idea, que a primera vista parece un tanto exagerada, re-cupera, no obstante, toda su vigencia si tenemos en cuenta que las tera-pias génicas son las únicas que tienen una posibilidad real de atacar la 221
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El artículo muestra los diferentes sentidos de la idea de dignidad humana y su importancia para l... more El artículo muestra los diferentes sentidos de la idea de dignidad humana y su importancia para la construcción de nuestra arquitectura ético-jurídica.
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Papers by Iñigo De Miguel Beriain
analizar las consecuencias que la creación de
quimeras e híbridos puede llegar a tener
sobre los paradigmas éticos con los que contamos
ahora mismo, especialmente el antropocentrismo.
Intentaremos demostrar que
este paradigma no es capaz de afrontar adecuadamente
la existencia de esta clase de
seres, que desafían las premisas sobre las
que se construye. Esto debería llevarnos a reemplazarlo
por otros modelos éticos.
analizar las consecuencias que la creación de
quimeras e híbridos puede llegar a tener
sobre los paradigmas éticos con los que contamos
ahora mismo, especialmente el antropocentrismo.
Intentaremos demostrar que
este paradigma no es capaz de afrontar adecuadamente
la existencia de esta clase de
seres, que desafían las premisas sobre las
que se construye. Esto debería llevarnos a reemplazarlo
por otros modelos éticos.