International legal policy in the field of biomedical and genomic research
T he success in technologies of human genome editing allowed creating new approaches in treatment of genetic, infectious and other diseases. A rapid development of biomedical technologies and a large number of studies being carried out in many countries arise more challenges to legal science. To validate a policy of international community to form a system of legal regulation of relations in the field of biomedical and genomic research. The analysis of the basic international documents, acts, declarations in this sphere showed their main direction, that is protection of human rights and dignity, and indicated social and ethical significance of genomic technologies in modern society. The peculiarities of international legal regulation of genetically engineered activity with a human being as an object are set out. The international regulatory device for genomic research can form a fundamental basis for domestic legal system in the field of biomedical and genomic research