BOOK CHAPTER (57-70)
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
The essential consideration of this article is the protection of the human
genome as a characteristic of all mankind. The law - in particular the biomedical
convention - allows for interventions in the genome (limited), although it can
transmit to the next generations. The essence of protection should be to prevent
the creation of a perfect man. The law protects the diversity of the animal and
plant world – it does not protect the homo sapiens diversity. Neglecting the
creation of protective mechanisms at an early stage of interventions in the genome. Neglecting this can create a perfect man. At a later stage this can lead to
the formation of a perfect and imperfect part within the homo sapiens species.
It seems that the moment has come to create a legal concept for the protection
of the diversity of the human species – analogy to the protection of human heritage in other aspects seems to be a good starting point for these considerations.