Assisted Reproductive Technologies Application in the Context of the Right to the Integrity of the Person: International and Russian Experience
https://doi.org/10.17803/2311-5998.2025.127.3s.093-103
Abstract
The widespread application of modern assisted reproductive technologies (ART) poses a complex set of legal issues related to the realization of human reproductive rights in the context of the right to personal integrity as a central somatic right and the safeguarding of the health of current and future generations. This article focuses on three groups of legal regulation issues emerging from the widespread use of ART and the implementation of somatic rights in this field: ensuring access to ART, establishing rights concerning embryos obtained through ART, and issues related to the regulation of surrogacy. The article presents the experience of international and national regulation, including the practice of international judicial bodies and national courts.
About the Author
E. A. Torkunova
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina А. TORKUNOVA, Associated Professor of the Integration Law and Human Rights, Cand. Sci. (Law)
76, prosp. Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454
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Torkunova E.A. Assisted Reproductive Technologies Application in the Context of the Right to the Integrity of the Person: International and Russian Experience. Courier of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)). 2025;1(3s):93-103. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17803/2311-5998.2025.127.3s.093-103
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