13 May 2011

Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee

Paris, Council of Europe Office, Room 1,

during the Committee meeting to be held

on Thursday 19 May 2011, from 2.30 pm until 4.30 pm

2.30 pm    Opening of the hearing by Ms Maury Pasquier, Chairperson of the Committee

2.40 pm    Introduction by Mr Xuclà i Costa (Spain, ALDE), Rapporteur

Overview over the situation in member states

2.50 pm    Ms Isabelle Erny, Directorate General of Health, General Secretariat, Rights, ethics and     legal support division, representative of the Bioethics Division of the Council of        Europe (CDBI)

3.05 pm    Questions and discussion

Exchange of views with experts

3.20 pm    Prof. Simón Lorda, Lecturer on Bioethics, Andalusian School of Public Health,         Granada (Spain)

3.35 pm    Prof. Andrii Butenko, Head of the international scientific relations office of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kyiv (Ukraine)

3.50 pm    Mr Roberto Andorno, Institute of Biomedical Ethics University of Zurich (Switzerland)

4.05 pm    Questions and discussion

Conclusions

4.20 pm    First conclusions by Mr Xuclà i Costa (Spain, ALDE), Rapporteur

4.30 pm    End of the hearing