GENOMIC RESEARCH: COUNCIL OF EUROPE STANDARDS AND LEGAL REGULATION IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The Council of Europe is one of the few international structures that work out rules and standards for genomic research activity and imple menting its results in practice. Russia, as a member of the Council of Europe, is influenced by these standards and rules in this area. The practice of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is a key point as a source of Russian law in this field. This article focuses on the study of rules and standards in the field of genomic research and the implementation of their results in practice, including the legal positions of the ECtHR. The article contains analyses of the fundamentals legal regulation fundamentals for genomic research in Russia, and attempt to determine the direction of its development. This article covers the reflection of the practice of Russian courts in the genomic research matters