Healthcare workers and the duty to treat Ebola patients
Is there a duty to treat patients with Ebola? Do healthcare workers have a duty to treat Ebola patients? This question has becoming more pressing...
Western Australia set to debate euthanasia
A government committee has recommended the introduction of euthanasia legislation. A joint select committee for the parliament of Western Australia has published a report recommending...
Banning killer robots
Robots don't get human dignity. A recent article in The Conversation by Harvard University law lecturer Bonnie Docherty argues that we should ban fully autonomous...
Japanese committee recommends no regulation for some gene editing
Switching off genes is different from adding them, say experts. A government committee in Japan has garnered criticism after recommending that certain forms of gene...