Genome Database actively participates in field of compliance with ethical principles and legal norms. As well as informing general public and scientific taget groups about human biological material obtainment, processing, storage and use in future research.
Genome Database has established ELSI (ethical legal social implications) working group, that has developed Biobank law project for the Republic of Latvia and is actively participating in implementation of ethical and legal aspects of biological material research in Latvia.
Ethical documents related to human biological material obtainment, processing, storage and use for future research are:
Declaration of Helsinki, text available here.
Declaration of Taipei, text available here.
Legal norms that are binding using human biological material obtainment, processing, storage and use in research in the Republic of Latvia:
Human Genome Research Law and associated Regulations of Cabinet of Ministers No. 692, 694, 695, 697, Personal Data Processing Law of the Republic of Latvia. Legal acts available here.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
