Links

Here you find some additional links to topics related to the work of the Ethics Commission.

General

German Ethics Council

European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)

The German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE)

Guidelines and Rules of the Max Planck Society on a responsible Approach to Freedom of Research and Research Risks (opens in new tab)

Professional regulations

Revised World Medical Association's (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki of 1975

German Psychological Society e.V. and Professional Association of German Psychologists e.V. (German only)

Ethical Guidelines of the Association of German Engineers VDI (opens in new tab)

Zivilklausel

Joint Committee on the Handling of Security-Relevant Research, DFG and Leopoldina

Information on export control and academia by the Federal Office for economic Affairs and Export Control

Data Protection

European General Data Protection Regulation

Federal Data Protection Act

The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

The Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Hesse (German only)