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The free expression of consent by children or people with disabilities to medical or scientific experimentation is required by international and European Union legal instruments that recognise the freedom, responsibility and self-determination of these individuals, as well as their rights to have access to age-appropriate and comprehensive information. The analysis shows that many requirements for informed consent are also introduced at the national level. Spanish laws, for example, state the necessity for informed consent and require the presence of a surrogate decision-maker or legal representative in cases of incapacity. To answer the burning question, it would also be necessary to set up conditions for active collaboration between health practitioners and patients by means of appropriate information tools and adequate explanations. This is to allow people with disabilities and minors to understand the consequences of their choices and to have enough time to ask for support.
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For the purposes of this contribution, the expression ‘vulnerable people’ indicates people with intellectual disabilities or cognitive deficits threatening their capacity to understand, make decisions or plan activities.
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UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York 13 December 2006, 2515 UNTS 3, art. 15; art 23 b).
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, cit. art. 25 d).
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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), O.J. 4.5.2016 L 119/1.
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GDPR, Preamble, Recital 38.
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Ibid., art 9 c). Emphasis added.
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Navarro Ojeda, C.B. (2023). Consent from Children and Vulnerable People. In: Colcelli, V., Cippitani, R., Brochhausen-Delius, C., Arnold, R. (eds) GDPR Requirements for Biobanking Activities Across Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42944-6_14
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