A decision contrary to ethical and democratic requirements On 28th May, the last day in office, the former “Barroso Commission”vetoed the Citizens’ Initiative “UN DE NOUS / ONE OF US”, the largest petition in the history of European Institutions. This initiative, formally supported by two million people in Europe, is the largest petition in European…
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The European Commission is waiting for 28th May, its last day in office, to reach a decision on the European Citizen Initiative “One of Us”. This initiative, formally supported by two million people in Europe, is the largest petition in European history –it demands that Brussels no longer finances any practice that destroys human life…
AFTER THE MOBILIZATION, DEEPLY WAITED RESULTS Looking forward to the decision of the European Commission, which will pronounce before next May 28th on protection of human life, the ONE OF US committee is able to identify candidates particularly worried about the respect of life. After having set up before the European elections a questionnaire, allowing…
One of Us, questionnaire on bioethics for candidates for European elections Last year, almost 2,000,000 EU citizens all over the 28 Member States signed the ONE OF US European Citizens Initiative, which became the biggest ever among all other initiatives. This initiative claims that human life protection and dignity should be guaranteed. This questionnaire (click to…
RESEARCH ON EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS Presented by Professor Filippo VARI 1.1. Our request Our request is to ensure, through modifications of the EU’s Financial Regulation and the Regulation on FP 8 (“Horizon 2020”), that the EU research budget is not used to finance research projects that involve or presuppose the destruction of human embryos. 1.2. The Commission Position…
By Stefano Gennarini, J.D. and Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. Preparations for the post-2015 development agenda have led to several inputs from governments, international institutions, civil society and the private sector. This paper evaluates certain aspects of the UNFPA’s operational review of the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Populations and Development held at Cairo, following General…
The European Commission (EU) must decide before May 28 on how it intends to take action concerning the request of the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of Us” to introduce into the European regulatory an ethics clause explicitly excluding European Union funding any activity that destroys or involves the destruction of human life at the embryonic…
The public hearing in the European Parliament on the citizen’s initiative “One of Us” was a great success, with more than five hundred participants actively discussing about the dignity of the human embryo and the protection that he deserves on our societies.
On 10 April 2014, a public hearing will be held at the EP in Brussels (Room József Antall 4Q2) 09:00 to 12.30 (CET) to allow for the presentation of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘One of Us’. The initiative requests the prohibition of EU financing of activities which involve the destruction of human embryos, especially in the…