Ethical standards and procedures for research with human beings

WHO Research Ethics Review Committee

• WHO Ethical Review Commitee
• Scientific and Ethical Review Group

Global forum on bioethics in research

• Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (GFBR)

Guidelines

WHO

• Operational guidelines for ethics committees that review biomedical research
• Ethical issues, Scientific and Ethical Review Group (SERG): Guidelines for research
• UNAIDS: Ethical considerations in biomedical HIV prevention trials (pdf)

Others

• International ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human subjects
  Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
• International ethical guidelines for epidemiological studies (pdf)
  Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences

• World Medical Association: Declaration of Helsinki
• The Belmont report
• European Group on Ethics (pdf)
• Directive 2001/20/ec of the European Parliament and of the Council (pdf)
• Council of Europe (Oviedo Convention - Protocol on biomedical research)
• Nuffield Council: The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries

Networks

If you want to know more about research ethics documents, programs, and networks from different regions, go to:

• Regional activities