Silja Vöneky

Human Dignity and Human Cloning

Preface, (Silja Voneky/Rudiger Wolfrum) List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Part 1: Human Creation and Human Dignity in Religious and Ethical Perspectives 1. The Creation and the Dignity of Man in Islam (Reza Sheikholeslami) 2. The Pali Buddhist Approach to Human Cloning (Andrew Huxley) 3. Some Aspects of the Buddhist Assessment of Human Cloning (Jens Schlieter) 4. The Jewish Perspective on Cloning (Manfred Oeming) 5. Christianity and Western Philosophy (Robert Spaemann) Part 2: Human Cloning from a Scientific Perspective 6. Human Cloning from a Scientific Perspective (Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker) Part 3: Limits to Human Cloning under the German Constitution 7. The Human Embryo is a Person and not an Object (Christian Starck) 8. Does the German Basic Law Protect against Human Cloning? (Jorn Ipsen) 9. Does Cloning Violate the Basic Laws Guarantee of Human Dignity? (Horst Dreier) 10. Back to Kant! An Interjection in the Debate on Cloning and Human Dignity (Wolfgang Graf Vitzthum) 11. From Procreation to Generation? Constitutional and Legal-Political Issues in Bioethics (Brigitte Zypries) Part 4: Limits to Human Cloning in International Law 12. International Legal Limits to Human Cloning (Hans Lilie) 13. Who Is Protected by Human Rights Conventions? Protection of the Embryo vs. Scientific Freedom and Public Health (Rudiger Wolfrum/Silja Voneky) 14. The Negotiations on a Treaty on Cloning: Some Reflections (Mahnoush H. Arsanjani) 15. A Convention on Cloning - Annotations to an almost Unsolvable Dilemma (Spiros Simitis) Annex: Relevant International and National Documents I. International Convention against the (Reproductive) Cloning of Human Beings II. Other International Resolutions and Declarations III. Council of Europe IV. European Union V. German Law.

Die Fortgeltung des Umweltvölkerrechts in internationalen bewaffneten Konflikten

Aus dem Inhalt: Bedeutung und Reichweite des Schutzes der Umwelt wahrend internationaler bewaffneter Konflikte * Die Fortgeltung friedensumweltvolkerrechtlicher Vertrage zwischen den gegnerischen Parteien eines internationalen bewaffneten Konfliktes * Dogmatische Grundlage, Ausblick und Ergebnis.

Ethische Experten und moralischer Autoritarismus

Die Fragen, die die angewandte Ethik im demokratischen Rechtsstaat aufwirft, und die im vorliegenden Band in verschiedenen Beitragen behandelt werden, spitzen sich zu im Hinblick auf das Problem der Abgrenzung und Unterscheidung von ethischen Experten einerseits und moralischem Autoritarismus andererseits. Dieses Problem hat unterschiedliche Aspekte, die im Folgenden mit Rekurs insbesondere auf die philosophische Debatte erortert werden sollen. Es stellen sich dabei zwei Kernfragen: Die erste ist, ob es Experten fur Ethik geben kann (unter II.). Wird dies – wie vorliegend – bejaht, muss zudem gepruft werden, inwieweit es Experten fur Ethik geben kann und ob ihnen auch moralische Autoritat zukommt (unter III.).

Who Is Protected by Human Rights Conventions? Protection of the Embryo vs. Scientific Freedom and Public Health

As we have seen, there exist different ethical and religious concepts concerning the notion of human being or concerning the question of who is entitled to human dignity: only the human being after completion of birth or also the embryo and if so from which stage? The different approaches considered or advocated in Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity are obvious; they may be decisive in answering the question whether therapeutic and reproductive cloning can or should be allowed or have to be ruled out by a future international agreement or national legislation. The different approaches referred to may even have to be taken into account when interpreting the respective human rights standards, in particular the protection of human dignity, under the proviso, however, that it is considered appropriate to have recourse to extralegal considerations in the interpretation of human rights standards at all.

Grundlagen und Grenzen der Ethisierung des Völkerrechts

Der Begriff der Ethisierung des Rechts ist in der rechtswissenschaftlichen und rechtsphilosophischen Debatte noch neu.

Das Ende der Unschuld? Völkerrechtliche Aspekte des Einsatzes militärischer Gewalt durch Truppen der Bundeswehr am Beispiel Afghanistans

Friedensmissionen der Vereinten Nationen und ihre Umsetzung nach deutschem Verfassungsrecht, 62 Zeitschrift für ausländisches öff entliches Recht und Völkerrecht 596 (2002). 2 Vgl. R. Wolfrum, International Administration in Post-Confl ict Situations by the United Nations and Other International Actors, in: A. von Bogdandy/R. Wolfrum, (Hrsg.), 9 Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations 1 (2005). DAS ENDE DER UNSCHULD? VÖLKERRECHTLICHE ASPEKTE DES EINSATZES MILITÄRISCHER GEWALT DURCH TRUPPEN DER BUNDESWEHR AM BEISPIEL AFGHANISTANS

Law of the sea in dialogue

Global Warming: C. Tomuschat: Global Warming and State Responsibility.- M. Bothe: Measures to Fight Climate Change - A Role for the Law of the Sea?- J. Brunnee: An Agreement in Principle? The Copenhagen Accord and the Post-2012 Climate Regime.- F.L. Morrison: The Reluctance of the United States to Ratify Treaties.- Exploitation and Use of the Global Commons: G. Hafner: The Division of the Commons? The Myth of the Commons: Divide or Perish.- T. Treves: Judical Action for the Common Heritage.- Law of the Sea and Security: M.H. Arsanjani, W.M. Reisman: East African Piracy and the Defense of World Public Order.- T.A. Mensah: Piracy at Sea - a New Approach to an Old Menace.- J.A. Frowein: The Security Council and the Security on the Seas.

Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001)

Text adopted by the Commission at its fifty-third session, in 2001, and submitted to the General Assembly as a part of the Commission’s report covering the work of that session. The report, which also contains commentaries on the draft articles, appears in Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 2001, vol. II (Part Two). Text reproduced as it appears in the annex to General Assembly resolution 56/83 of 12 December 2001, and corrected by document A/56/49(Vol. I)/Corr.4.

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (23.9.1971)

THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION, CONSIDERING that unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation jeopardize the safety of persons and property, seriously affect the operation of air services, and undermine the confidence of the peoples of the world in the safety of civil aviation; CONSIDERING that the occurrence of such acts is a matter of grave concern; CONSIDERING that, for the purpose of deterring such acts, there is an urgent need to provide appropriate measures for punishment of offenders; HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) (12.12.1977)

Article 1 General principles and scope of application ............................. 240 Article 2 Definitions ................................................................................. 240 Article 3 Beginning and end of application ............................................. 241 Article 4 Legal status of the Parties to the conflict................................... 241 Article 5 Appointment of Protecting Powers and of their substitute ...... 241 Article 6 Qualified persons....................................................................... 242 Article 7 Meetings ..................................................................................... 243