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What is the Commission?

 

The Universitat de València knows his social duty and responsibility as a state research organism. As a result, it has created an Ethical Commission in order to efficiently provide answers to the current and future ethical questions that affect the tasks of the university.

On the basis of the foregoing, the Governing Council has approved the creation of the Ethical Commission of the Universitat de València and its regulations. It considers the Spanish and European legislations, the Ethical Declarations of Helsinki and Tokyo, the Bioethical Declaration of Gijón (24th June 2000) and the recommendations of the World Health Organisation.

The Commission will be able to structure Committees and designate lectures, work groups and co-operators that will contribute to conduct specific tasks linked to its competences. Additionally, it will be able to ask for advice to experts and external parties on specific aspects related to its competences. They all will have to follow the principle of confidentiality.

Approved by the Governing Council on the 3rd October 2006, ACGUV 194/2006. Modified by the CG on the 3rd February 2015, ACGUV 6/2015. Modified by the CG on the 28th February 2017, ACGUV 23/2017. Modified by the CG on the 17th December 2019, ACGUV 262/2019.

Structure

The Ethical Commission for Experimental Research is integrated by:

  • The competent vice-principal on the subjects of the research or the person to whom his functions are delegated.
  • The director of the Central Service of Support to Experimental Research.
  • The director of the Health and Safety and the Environment Service.
  • Nine spokespeople and five acting officials designated by the Principal. They will be proposed by the Research Commission among the members of the university community who have a recognised research experience in the fields of Health and Life Sciences, Legal and social sciences and Philosophy.
  • Two spokesperson member of the administrative and services staff with duties linked to the competences of the Commission, designated by the Principal. They will be proposed by the Research Commission.
  • A spokesperson member of the PAS General Administration who will act as secretary of the Commission, designated by the Principal. They will be proposed by the competent vice-principal on the subjects of the research.
  • The data protection delegate of the Universitat de València or person in whom he delegates.