This article examines the legal complexity concerning protection of traditional knowledge (TK) held by Indigenous Peoples. Despite significance this knowledge, particularly environmental conservation, biodiversity management, bioresources, and ecosystem management in connection with lands on which Peoples live, current frameworks fall short offering a comprehensive regime respectful key ethical...

Adolescents, defined by WHO as 10 to 19 years old, can give independent consent for reproductive health services if their capacities for understanding have sufficiently evolved. The international Convention on the Rights of the Child, almost universally ratified, limits parental powers, and duties, by adolescents’ bevolving capacitiesQ for self-determination. Legal systems may recognize bmature...

(b) Postponement of determination. When a complaint is under investigation pursuant to § 1978.103, postponement of determination would be justified where the rights asserted in other proceedings are substantially the same as rights under section 405 and those proceedings are not likely to violate rights guaranteed by section 405. The factual issues in such proceedings must be substantially the ...

SUMMARY This is the first of two articles reviewing consent in those under age 18 (also referred to as ‘minors’ UK law). can be a complex issue clinical practice because law endows competent/capacitated minors with absolute right accept treatment, but limited refuse. article summarises recent cases refusal treatment minors. It uses them ask central questions: how do we, clinicians, think about ...

A spectrofluorometric method is described for the determination of germanium(IV) based on its complexation reaction with quercetin in presence of Brij-35. The fluorescence is monitored at 552 nm with excitation at 432 nm. The pH, quercetin and Brij-35 concentrations were optimized simultaneously using the response surface methodology from sequential experimental three-variable Doehlert designs....

Some rights reserved. For more information, please see the item record link above. Title Determination of flushing characteristics of the Irish Sea: A spatial approach Author(s) Dabrowski, Tomasz; Hartnett, Michael T.; Olbert, Agnieszka Indiana Publication Date 2011-12-08 Publication Information Dabrowski, T,Hartnett, M,Olbert, AI (2012) 'Determination of flushing characteristics of the Irish S...

In this paper we question whether the concept of "genetic privacy" is a contradiction in terms. And, if so, whether the implications of such a conclusion, inevitably impact on how society comes to perceive privacy and responsibility generally. Current law and ethical discourse place a high value on self-determination and the rights of individuals. In the medical sphere, the recognition of patie...

This study examined British young people's understanding of the rights of asylum-seeking young people. Two hundred sixty participants (11-24 years) were read vignettes involving asylum-seeking young people's religious and nonreligious self-determination and nurturance rights. Religious rights were more likely to be endorsed than nonreligious rights. In general, younger participants were more li...

The territorial scope of the application human rights treaties has been a core discussion when dealing with enforcement obligations imposed by on State Parties. In particular, this is because conduct may affect people situated outside State's borders. Accordingly, to afford protection affected States, most international instruments contain so-called jurisdictional clause which aims identify ran...