A Case for Inclusive Global Governance for Regenerative Medicine
摘要
Scientific and technological breakthroughs are increasingly reshaping human life in profound and far-reaching ways. As new knowledge emerges across diverse fields, its influence on every aspect of human existence continues to grow. To ensure these advancements are applied responsibly and avoid harmful consequences, it is essential to establish robust ethical policies and regulatory safeguards. While some national and regional regulatory frameworks exist, most are either too weak or inadequate for the effective regulation of the field of regenerative medicine. The gap we will attempt to fill in this work is to advance an argument not just in favour of a global regulatory framework for regenerative medicine but for an inclusive one. To achieve the above, we will demonstrate the importance of global governance in regenerative medicine and show that the existing initiatives are not global, pointing to the conspicuous omission of the ethical parameters from worldviews in the Global South. Further, we will outline some of the existing barriers to inclusive governance. Evoking the frameworks of global justice and decoloniality, we will argue for accommodating various ethical parameters, using African ethics as a case in point.