Medical Law and Bioethics “Minor’s Health: Legal, Medical and Bioethical Aspects”

The aim of the programme which is co-organized with the National Bioethics and Technoethics Commission is to analyze Minors and the Right to Consent to Health Care, Confidentiality in the Health Care of Minors, The Best Interest of the Child in Health Care Decisions, Minors and Addictions (drugs, alcohol, tobacco etc), Teenagers’ Access to Abortion: Medical -bioethical-legal aspects, Minors Access to Contraceptive Services, Trans children: Legal and Bioethical Issues, Should There Be a Minimum Age for Gender Transition, Minors as Solid-Organ Donors/Savior Siblings, HIV-Infected Children, Euthanasia for Terminally Ill Children and Newborns, Mandatory vaccination: navigation from ‘social solidarity’ (ECtHR case Vavřička) to other values, Health issues in unaccompanied refugee minors, Mental health and psychosocial support for unaccompanied minors, Ethics of Genetic Testing in Children, Children’s Vaccination & Immunization, Medicinal Products for Paediatric Use, Ethical Implications of Pediatric Clinical Trials etc. The aim is to approach each issue in an interdisciplinary way, combining the findings of Law and Medical Science with Bioethics, so as to illuminate all aspects of crucial issues that concern not only the scientific community, but also everyday life. The programme is conducted in English in order to enable the participation of stakeholders from abroad with the aim of discussing and analyzing these issues not only nationally but also internationally.