GENOMIC INFORMATION SECURITY: LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL REGULATION

Abstract

The genomic information protection is an important objective of the modern technetronic society. Ensuring the security of genomic information is a direct guarantee of human rights in the field of private life, aimed to prevent outrage, abuse and discrimination based on differences in human genome. This article is dedicated to analysis of the legal framework for ensuring the security of genomic information at the international level. The article points out the main documents regulating a lawful circulation of genomic information within the Russian Federation. This article pays special attention to the legal aspects of problems and challenges in security of genomic information.