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[Press release] – Alliance VITA’s UDV Bioethics Conference returns in January 2023
The UDV (Université de la Vie) training conferences on bioethical stakes, created and presented by Alliance VITA, is returning in January 2023.
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2023 Alliance VITA Bioethics Conference: “Living in the Real World” – First Session: A World to Console
A world to console: That is the theme which opened the Alliance VITA 2023 Bioethics Conference.
Assisted Suicide not Recognized in European Law
Assisted suicide: The State Council has rejected a new request by the Dignitas association. A new attempt by the Swiss Dignitas association, has again resulted in rejection by the State Council.
What are the Reasons and Motivations in a Request for Euthanasia?
Several studies conducted in hospitals on requests for euthanasia have provided an insight into the reasons and motivations of patients.
Euthanasia: Continuous Extension in Canada and Quebec
After extending access to euthanasia for people whose natural death is not "reasonably predictable" a mere 5 years after passing the first law in 2016, Canada intends to organise its access for people suffering from mental disease as of 17th March 2023.
Warning for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Inadequacy of the Protection of Minors from Access to Pornography
Alliance VITA together with ‘Juristes pour l’Enfance’, a French association of lawyers which defends child rights, and the Evangelical Protestant Committee for Human Dignity (CPDH) sent a detailed report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on 15th December 2022, denouncing the failures of the French State for the protection of minors from access to pornography.