BioethicsPub Date : 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1111/bioe.13383
Julian W. März, Daniel Messelken, Nikola Biller-Andorno
{"title":"Bioethics challenges in times of war","authors":"Julian W. März, Daniel Messelken, Nikola Biller-Andorno","doi":"10.1111/bioe.13383","DOIUrl":"10.1111/bioe.13383","url":null,"abstract":"<p>According to data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), the past 3 years have witnessed the highest number of deaths in armed conflicts since 1994, the year of the Rwandan genocide. Between 2021 and 2023, the UCDP recorded more than 700,000 deaths in armed conflicts, with over 320,000 in Ethiopia, more than 160,000 in Ukraine, over 44,000 in Mexico, more than 40,000 in Afghanistan, and over 32,000 in Syria.2 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that more than 120 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced by the end of April 2024.3</p><p>This special issue seeks to provide a broad perspective on the ethical and human rights challenges faced by healthcare providers and policymakers in the context of, or as a consequence of, armed conflict. Since we launched the first call for contributions to this special issue in June 2022, sadly, more armed conflicts have started, including the Israel–Hamas and Israel–Hezbollah wars,4 a civil war in Sudan, and a new escalation of the Nagorno–Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.</p><p>For this special issue, we have selected contributions that provide theoretical reflections on (bio-)ethical and human rights challenges in the context of war, as well as discussions of ethical and human rights issues in specific armed conflicts. We have aimed to achieve a collection of diverse voices and perspectives and to include contributions from various world regions and different academic and professional backgrounds. Our special issue does not aim to provide a definitive or comprehensive analysis of currently occurring armed conflicts, nor does it claim to cover all ethical and human rights issues in the context of armed conflicts. Such ambitious objectives would be beyond the scope of even a much more substantial publication. Rather, we view this special issue as an explorative work that intends to motivate a broader academic community to engage with the field of bioethics in armed conflict. Indeed, there is great need for a plurality of voices united in the endeavor of contributing to an inclusive global discourse on the ethical and human rights challenges of armed conflicts.</p><p>Ethics and human rights can fulfill various roles in the context of armed conflicts: analyst, arbiter, mediator, documenter, and a voice for those suffering from the consequences. In all these functions, empathy as well as evidence-based, transparent reasoning play a key role. Furthermore, ethical analysis contributes to the formulation of novel standards of international humanitarian law, which may be required in response to evolving practices in warfare. It is also pertinent to note that, according to the Geneva Conventions, medical personnel operating in the context of international armed conflicts are bound by the principles of medical ethics. Nevertheless, research on medical ethics in armed conflict remains a niche subject, with only a few specialized research centers around the wo","PeriodicalId":55379,"journal":{"name":"Bioethics","volume":"39 1","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bioe.13383","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142857082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioethicsPub Date : 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1111/bioe.13390
Travis Rebello
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