Human Cloning

Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy (or clone) of a human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning, which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue. It does not refer to the natural conception and delivery of identical twins. The possibility of person cloning has raised controversies. These ethical concerns have prompted several nations to pass laws regarding human cloning and its legality. Two commonly discussed types of theoretical human cloning are therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning would involve cloning cells from a human for use in medicine and …

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EU: European Union · 22 April 2024 English

This thesis exposes and explores the disconnection between the strong legal and constitutional potential of the EU’s reproductive prohibitions (on eugenics, reproductive cloning and heritable genome editing) and the political …

bio-ethics , embryo and foetus , EU law , eugenics , human cloning , international human rights law , thesis Released


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 2 February 2024 English

This paper examines recent proposals and research suggesting that AI adoption should be delayed until its potential harms are properly understood. It is shown that conclusions regarding the social optimality …

ethical dilemmas (e.g., stem-cell research,3 human cloning and eugenics), but also concerns regarding catastrophic


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2024 English

and is best known for its statement against human cloning. This Convention safeguards ancestral knowledge


Earth System Governance · 11 October 2023 English

Although the adoption of these institutions and initiatives appears to have a positive impact on the conservation of marine biodiversity, the implementation of several laws and policies adopted by these …

emerging norms and rules on the prohibition of human cloning; and other similar national, transnational or


WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization · 22 June 2023 English

Inventions harmful to the health or life of humans or animals, preservation of plants, or protection of the environment. [...] those inventions, the prohibition of publication or use whereof in …

preservation or the environment, namely: (a) human cloning procedures; (b) the human body and its genetic


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2023 English

Instrument on Bioethics (2003); Consent (2008); Human Cloning and International Governance (2009); Social Stigmatization (2014) • Report of IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance (2009) • Report


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2023 English

and is best known for its statement against human cloning. This Convention safeguards ancestral knowledge and is best known for its statement against human cloning. This Convention safeguards ancestral knowledge



UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 2023 English

Instrument on Bioethics (2003); Consent (2008); Human Cloning and International Governance (2009); Social Stigmatization (2014) • Report of IBC on Human Cloning and International Governance (2009) • Report


UN: The United Nations · 27 October 2022 English

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a GA mandate) – OP 10 Ad Hoc Committee on Human Cloning, established by General Assembly Resolution


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