Bosek, Leszek2013-03-182013-03-182007Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 69, 2007, z. 3, s. 11-23.0035-9629http://hdl.handle.net/10593/5420The paper focuses on the international standards of human embryo protection, with special emphasis on the European standards. The analysis of the issue has demonstrated that the underlying factor of the protection of embryos is the principle of human dignity. The international regulations are based on the assumption that dignity is attributable to each human being, member of the human kind, also ex utero. Polish bioethical regulations are extremely fragmentary and do not provide satisfactory protection of embryos, not even in instances identified in international law. In particular, leaving the IVF sphere outside the governing laws in Poland leads to a question whether Polish laws are not in breach of Directive 2004/23/EEC and Directive 17/EC. Those Directives set out requirements that must be complied with when embryos and gametes are taken and stored, as well as supervision of the prescribed procedures and possible sanctions where those provisions are infringed.plArtykuł