New Technologies and Human Rights

The first IVF baby was born in the 1970s. Less than 20 years later, we had cloning and GM food, and information and communication technologies had transformed everyday life. In 2000, the human genome was sequenced. More recently, there has been much talk about the economic and social benefits of nanotechnology, and synthetic biology has also been creating a buzz. This important volume is a timely contribution to increasing calls for regulation - or better regulation - of these and other new technologies. Using an international team of legal scholars, it reviews and develops the role of human rights in the regulation of new technologies.