Our narrower obligations often blind us to larger social responsibilities. The moral claims arising out of special relationships—family, friends, colleagues,

The right of adults with sound mind to consent to treatment or risk their own health for the benefit of the community in a clinical trial is unequivocally recog

The protection of vulnerable groups varies under international human rights law. Depending on the group at stake, protection may be more or less advanced. In so

The concept of vulnerability has not been unequivocally interpreted either in regional or in universal international legal instruments. This book analyses the w

Our narrower obligations often blind us to larger social responsibilities. The moral claims arising out of special relationships—family, friends, colleagues,