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Courts, Proportionality and COVID-19 Lockdowns
Germline Genome Editing: Moratorium, hard law, or an informed adaptive consensus?
The Genetic Discrimination Observatory: confronting novel issues in genetic discrimination
Framework for Involving and Engaging Participants, Patients and Publics in Genomics Research and Health Implementation
Webinars On Mainland China’s Personal Information Protection Law, Paediatric Vaccine Trials and Gross Negligence Manslaughter
New Offence Proposed to Protect Children and Vulnerable People
Expert Opinion on the Cause of Death in a Local Case
Time to Consider Scaling Down on Travel Restrictions?
New Guidance on Artificial Intelligence issued by Hong Kong Privacy Watchdog
Mainland China’s Personal Information Protection Law
Patient’s Court Action for Disability Discrimination

Doctor’s Manslaughter Conviction and Other Medical Law Updates
Drawing on Social Media to Enhance and Personalize Decision-Making and Care at the End of Life
A Call for an Ethics and Governance Action Plan to Harness the Power of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization in Nephrology
Human Biomedical Research in the Age of ‘Big Data’ Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Minors: The Hong Kong Context
Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: Singapore and Malaysia Perspectives on Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children
Webinar on Gross Negligence Manslaughter
Webinar on Paediatric Vaccine Trials
Coroner’s Court in Hong Kong

GRF grant to study best interests
Bringing the Adult Guardianship Regime in Line with the UNCRPD: The Chinese Experience
Genetic Discrimination: Introducing the Asian Perspective to the Debate
Ethical Framework for WHO’s work in the ACT-Accelerator
Vaccination targets and the return to pre-pandemic life
Upcoming webinar and virtual conference/ symposium
Editorial on medical manslaughter

New WHO Guidance on Artificial Intelligence for Health
When learning is continuous
The constitutional determinants of Planetary Health
Regulation of e-commerce platforms and strict product liability
Perspective from a Forensic Pathologist and expert witness in court
Youth vaccination
Ethical controversies over vaccination incentives
Prospect of returning to normality despite continuing COVID-19 concerns
Artificial Intelligence in healthcare and COVID-19 prevention poses challenges to privacy in Taiwan
Drugs giant reached US$230M settlement agreement for opioids lawsuit in the US

Farewell and welcome
Recent publications
Impact of “vaccine bubble” on unvaccinated employees
Incentivising vaccination and the Hong Kong – Singapore Travel Bubble
Transparency in COVID-19 vaccine indemnity fund applications
Doctors acquitted of charges arising from referral of patients to private clinic
Government unveils proposed scheme to create a new pathway for non-locally trained doctors to practise in Hong Kong
Past Event: Seminar on genomics for health (in English only)
Upcoming Event (also in English only)

Vaccine Bubble & Injury Compensation
(Webinar) Gross Negligence Manslaughter: Should it apply to healthcare practitioners?
Controversy over “vaccine passports” for international travel
New Zealand’s plan to ban sale of tobacco to the new generation
Recent publications
Book launch of Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization

Doctor’s conviction of Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Hong Kong and CMEL’s forthcoming webinar on this topic
(Webinar) Gross Negligence Manslaughter: Should it apply to healthcare practitioners?
Watch our Book Talk with the Editor and Contributing Authors
Ombudsman found Hong Kong government’s monitoring mechanism for high-demand vaccines inadequate
Recent publications
Reusing health insurance data of the dead
Canadian-funded project on regulation of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare

Doctor and patient acquitted of charges arising from the gifting of a watch in Hong Kong
Runaway COVID-19 patient sentenced to four months in jail in Hong Kong
Controversy over proposed new pathway for non-locally trained doctors to practise in Hong Kong
Online book talk with the editor and contributing authors
Recent publication by CMEL member

Sharing from an Emergency Medicine doctor: Master of Laws (in Medical Ethics & Law)
New Advisors and Board Members of CMEL
Recent publications written or reviewed by CMEL members
Newspaper interviews with CMEL’s Co-Director

Hong Kong doctor found guilty of manslaughter after administering contaminated blood product to patient in DR beauty blunder
New statutory power to seal premises and restrict the movement of individuals in the fight against COVID in Hong Kong
Video recordings of “Health and Artificial Intelligence: Law, Ethics and Society” Webinar
Recent publications by CMEL members
Master of Laws in Medical Ethics and Law of the University of Hong Kong

(Webinar) Health and Artificial Intelligence: Law, Ethics and Society
New Zealand referendum: assisted dying will become legal
Recent publications by CMEL members
Compulsory COVID-19 testing and autonomy
WHO research grant on digitalization of public health interventions

Role of College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong in disciplining dentists clarified in court
Master of Laws in Medical Ethics and Law
(Webinar) Health and Artificial Intelligence: Law, Ethics and Society
Video recordings of Workshop on Advance Medical Directives
Recent publications by CMEL members
Swiss-funded project on COVID-19-related public perception
Ms Daisy Cheung received Early Career Teaching Award
Dr Philip Beh spoke on Collateral Damage of COVID-19
Dr Calvin Ho on sharing of data in vaccine research

(Webinar) “Living Will, Living Well? Advance Directives Across Asia”
Recent publications by CMEL members
Dr Calvin Ho on Ethics and COVID-19 in East Asia
International commission released report on heritable human genome editing

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Co-Directors and Deputy Director of CMEL
(Webinar) “Living Will, Living Well? Advance Directives Across Asia” A workshop that takes a comparative look at the law and practice of Advance Directives across 15 jurisdictions in Asia
Dr Philip Beh to speak on Collateral Damage of COVID-19
Recent articles by CMEL members

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“Genetic discrimination in Asia: A review of public policies, practices and
incidents” received the 2020 Early Career Researcher Prize
Hong Kong government released consultation report on advance directives and dying in place
Hong Kong doctors found guilty of misconduct after signing off on procedures for restraining elderly without proper assessment records made
CMEL’s member shared his views on mass surveillance and COVID-19 contact tracing apps

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English Court of Appeal ruled on capacity to engage in sexual relations [A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735]
Recent articles by CMEL members
How has COVID-19 changed how doctors deal with death?

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Recent publications on mental health and/or COVID-19
COVID-19 webinar – “State and Professional Autonomy: Conflicting Rights and Obligations in the State-Profession Relationship”
Hong Kong court ruled on challenges by returnees from South Africa and Pakistan to mandatory quarantine at quarantine centres
“Bioethical Reflections on COVID-19” resources page

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Webinar – State and Professional Autonomy: Conflicting Rights and Obligations in the State-Profession Relationship
Recent papers on medical ethics and law
Rationing of medical resources amid COVID-19