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As a member of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee (IBC) that elaborated the Universal Declaration of Bioethics and Human Rights, the author summarizes along this paper Declaration's main points. Universal Declaration of Bioethics was adopted by UNESCO General Conference by 2005. The author also points out that albeit there are several declarations and international guidelines relevant to Bioethics, brand new UNESCO's Universal Declaration is the first international instrument, legally established (even though non-binding), that founds a set of principles for any biomedical activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this paper is to reflect on the bioethics and violence relationships, so far neglected. The relevance, the excluding economic policies, the human rights and dignity disrespect, are issues that interest this discipline. The method used was an essay, understood as a critic exercise searching a new way of looking to facts. Violence and bioethics relationships are discussed in the introduction. Next, violence concepts and meaning in the present world are approached, followed by analyzing the role of the State as far as vulnerability to violence is concerned. In conclusion, the importance of the violence subject in the bioethics field must be no longer neglected insofar the discipline might be together with the economic policy in order to prevent and struggle against violence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]