International Ethics Committees

This list was originally published by the Irish Council on Bioethics (2002 – 2010) and is preserved here by the Bioethics Research Library of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University for the benefit of researchers.

Note: The information provided below is correct as of 1st December 2010.

AUSTRALIA	Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC)
AUSTRIA	Austrian Commission on Bioethics
BELGIUM	Belgian Advisory Committe on Bioethics
CANADA	Canadian Institutes of Health Research National Council on Ethics in Human Research Commission de l’éthique de la science et de la technologie
CZECH REPUBLIC	University Centre for Bioethics Bioetická komise
DENMARK	Danish Council of Ethics
ESTONIA	The Estonian Genome Foundation
FINLAND	National Advisory Board on Health Care Ethics (ETENE), Ministry of Social Affairs and Health National Advisory Board on Research Ethics Finnish National Advisory Board on Biotechnology Board for Gene Technology Finnish National Committee on Medical Research Ethics
FRANCE	Comité Consultatif National d’Ethique (CCNE)
GERMANY	Deutscher Ethikrat
GREECE	Hellenic Center for Biomedical Ethics National Bioethics Commission
HUNGARY	Startlap
ICELAND	The National Bioethics Committee
INDIA	Indian Council of Medical Research
IRELAND	The Irish Council for Bioethics
ISRAEL	The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
ITALY	Comitato nazionale per la bioetica
JAPAN	Council for Science and Technology
KOREA	The Korean Bioethics Association
LITHUANIA	Lithuanian Bioethics Committee
LUXEMBOURG	CNE – Commission Nationale d’Ethique
MALTA	Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care
MEXICO	Comision Nacional de Bioéticas
NEW-ZEALAND	National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction (NECAHR)
NORWAY	Forskningsetiske komiteer
NORDIC COUNTRIES	Nordic Committee on Bioethics
POLAND	Bioethics Appeals Commission Commission of Bioethics at Wroclaw Medical University
PORTUGAL	Conselho Nacional de Ética par as Ciencias da Vida
ROMANIA	Consiliul Naţional de Etică
RUSSIA (Russian Federation)	Russian Committee on Bioethics (RCB)
SINGAPORE	Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC)
SLOVENIA	National Medical Ethics Committee (KME / NMEC)
SPAIN	Spanish Bioethics Committee
SWEDEN	The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics (SMER)
SWITZERLAND	Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology (ECNH)
TAIWAN	National Science Council
THE NETHERLANDS	De Gezondheidsraad Centre for Ethics and Health
UNITED KINGDOM	Nuffield Council on Bioethics Human Genetics Commission Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	The President’s Council on Bioethics National Bioethics Advisory Commission