Social Justice and Human Rights Principles for Global Deliberations on Heritable Human Genome Editing
Social Justice and Human Rights Principles for Global Deliberations on Heritable Human Genome Editing is the first document to explicitly center gender justice, disability rights, and human rights in the high-stakes deliberations on the potential use of heritable human genome editing.
The eleven principles are based in intersectional social justice perspectives and intended to guide policy making and public engagement on heritable genome editing. They were developed by the Gender Justice and Disability Rights Coalition on Heritable Genome Editing, a group of 16 scholars, advocates, and organizations from 10 countries and have been endorsed by nearly 70 individuals and organizations from around the world. The Principles are available in English, Spanish, and German.
Read the documents below and learn more about the Principles in this blog post and press statement.
“It is essential to apply the frameworks of gender, disability, racial, reproductive, economic, environmental, and LGBTQ rights and justice, human rights, Indigenous sovereignty, and the rights of children and future generations in all policy concerning heritable human genome editing. Our future depends on it.
