My Resolution 2011

COMMITTEE: Human Rights

Question of: Prevention of Unethical Clinical Trials

Main Submitter(s): France

CO-SUBMITTERS:

CO-SPONSORS:

Recognizing that unethical clinical trials is a crime against humanity, involving human subjects participating in biology, clinical medicine, psychology, and other social sciences;

Reaffirming that clinical trial is unethical when the human subject has not given their consent;

Reiterating that the, “The Nuremberg Code” and the “Declaration of Helinski” both have principles that should already be implemented all around the world;

Reminding that the definition of crimes against humanity include  inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health;

Recalling that this issue can go ignored without increased amounts of public awareness;

The General Assembly:

1.      Proposes that an United  Nations Unethical Clinical Trial Committee, be formed to implement clauses 2 to 8;

2. Calls Upon all Member States to surrender medical and employee records to the United Nations Unethical Clinical Trial Committee, so that preliminary investigations can be carried out, at facilities such as but not limited to:

a.       hospitals, clinics, universities;

b.      the identity of patients will be protected during the investigations;

c.       if the preliminary investigation has yielded results, investigations will be carried out on said individual;

3.      Strongly Urges, that a hotline will be created that will be connected to the UNUCT so that people can anonymously report an unethical clinical trial for investigations;

4.      Expresses its hope that the More Economically Developed Countries(MEDC’s) would regulate and prevent the private medical corporations based in their nations from exploiting the more vulnerable populations of the third world countries for the purpose of their own financial gain;

a.       if the government discovers that the private medical corporation is indeed conducting unethical clinical trials, subsequent investigations will be carried out on said corporation;

5.      Declares that Member States can begin increasing public awareness at appropriate age groups of unethical clinical trials through means of but not limited to:

a.       education  providing means of but not limited to:

i.        seminars, lectures;

ii.      textbooks on previous unethical clinical trials,

iii.    the IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Student’ Association) will raise the awareness of the  ethical concerns when conducting clinical trials to the medical students;

b.      media such as but not limited to:

i.        radio, pamphlets, internet, television, advertisement;

6.      Requests that all Member States to provide full co-operation with regional offices of the UNUCTC, when apprehending a suspected individual;

1. with consent of the nations involved, allow the UNUCTC to extradite criminals in cases of unethical clinical trials, and try the criminals in an international criminal court,

                                            i.            if the local law enforcement are compromised by intervention from third-party individuals, either financially or physically, then the International Criminal Court should have jurisdiction of such cases and enforce UN mandates,

                                          ii.            suspects will be tried under the ICC, under the grounds of crimes against humanity,

7.      Urges that member nations with current hospitals conducting clinical trials to ensure that all clinical trials’ information is updated frequently on the International Clinical Trials Registry Programme;

a.        countries must ensure that future approved clinical trials to be imputed onto the ICTRP;

8.      Further Requests that all Member States to begin setting up rehabilitation centers with individual departments focusing on the different tests run on victims for the purpose of restoring confidence in victims towards safe medical facilities which includes  such but not limited to

a.       Sanctioned Medical Personnel, Counseling Facilities;

9.      Further Invites those member nations with victims of said unethical clinical trials to begin remunerating the victims financially;

10. Suggests that a meeting should be held every five years to review the status of the implementation of clauses 2-8, and will be open to member nations, doctors, and other respected members of the medical community.