Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of theory.

French

The course objective is primarily to enable the student to develop critical thinking from a theoretical knowledge. Students will have to reflect on the influence scientific progress exerts over fundamental legal concepts such as the inalienability and non-patrimoniality of the human body, kinship, descent. It also questions the function of law in relation to the development of the biomedical sciences.

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The course presents the relevant provisions of the main international instruments protecting human rights, especially those specific to biomedicine. It also covers the major decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, in the field of health and life sciences. The research is based on four pillars: procreation, the beginning of life before birth, the course of life and the end of life.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” (Benjamin Franklin).

Key words: interactivity and active student participation.

- Lecture for parts of the course with moments of discussion.
- Discussions requiring prior reading of texts. Students will be encouraged to read before the class, excerpts from selected documents (articles, academic writing, judicial decisions, mainly European, although the analysis of national decisions is not to be excluded). They will be asked to present brief summaries of these texts during the sessions, in order to stimulate debates.
- Occasional video projections, also followed by discussions.
- Guests speakers will be invited, on a particular topic chosen in agreement with the students.

Written work (8-10 pages) on a bioethical issue choosen by the student from their interests (details given in the course).

Examination : oral presentation of the work (details given in the course).

Conseil de l'Europe, Bioethics and the case-law of the Court, Research Report, Council of Europe/European Court of Human Rights, 2012, www.echr.coe.int (Case-law - Case-Law Analysis -Research Reports).

Delfosse, M-L. et Bert, C., Bioéthique, droits de l'homme et biodroit. Textes internationaux, régionaux, belges et français, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2009.

Feuillet-Liger, B. (dir.), Les incidences de la biomédecine sur la parenté. Approche internationale, Coll. Droit, Bioéthique et Société, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2014.

Gallus, N., Bioéthique et droit, Limal, Anthémis, 2013.

Gros Espiell, H., Michaud, J. et Teboul, G. (dir.), Convention sur les Droits de l'Homme et la Biomédecine. Analyses et commentaires, Paris, Economica, 2010.

Hamrouni, S., Le droit international à l'épreuve de la bioéthique, Coll. du Centre de droit de la santé d'Aix-Marseille, Bordeaux, Les Etudes Hospitalières, 2009, www.leh.fr

Levinet, M. (dir.), Le droit au respect de la vie au sens de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2010.

Idem, La libre disposition de son corps, coll. Droit et Justice, n° 88, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2009.

Maljean-Dubois, S. « Bioéthique et droit international », in Annuaire français de droit international, volume 46, 2000, pp. 82 à 110, www.persee.fr

Sériaux, A. et al., Le droit, la médecine et l'être humain. Propos hétérodoxes sur quelques enjeux vitaux du XXIe siècle, Faculté de droit et de science politique d'Aix-Marseille, Coll. du Laboratoire de Théorie Juridique, Volume 9, Aix-en-Provence, Presses universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 1996.

Written materials (available to students on the website):
- Detailed plan (including key references to case law studied)
- Collection of texts
- PowerPoint slides

E-mail : geraldine.mathieu@unamur.be