Litcius/Paper detail

Chile: Pioneering the protection of neurorights

Lorena Guzmán H.

2022˜The œUNESCO courier11 citationsDOI

Abstract

In 2021, Chile’s Senate unanimously approved a bill to amend the constitution to protect brain rights or “neurorights”. The Chamber of Deputies reviewed and approved the amendment in September that year. It is now expected that the bill will be signed into law by the country’s president.

Topics & Concepts

ConstitutionLawPolitical scienceBill of rightsNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations