| Launching the Greek forensic DNA database. The legal framework and arising ethical issues. | |
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PMID: 20851698 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Since the creation of the first national DNA database in Europe in 1995, many European countries have legislated laws for initiating and regulating their own databases. The Greek government legislated a law in 2008, by which the National DNA Database of Greece was founded and regulated. According to this law, only DNA profiles from convicted criminals were recorded. Nevertheless, a year later, in 2009, the law was amended to permit the creation of an expanded database including innocent people and children. Unfortunately, the new law is very vague in many aspects and does not respect the principle of proportionality. Therefore, according to our opinion, it will soon need to be re-amended. Furthermore, prior to legislating the new law, there was no debate with the community itself in order to clarify what system would best suit Greece and what the citizens would be willing to accept. We present the current legal framework in Greece, we highlight issues that need to be clarified and we discuss possible ethical issues that may arise. |
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Polychronis Voultsos; Samuel Njau; Nikolaos Tairis; Dimitrios Psaroulis; Leda Kovatsi |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-09-18 |
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Title: Forensic science international. Genetics Volume: 5 ISSN: 1878-0326 ISO Abbreviation: Forensic Sci Int Genet Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-08-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101317016 Medline TA: Forensic Sci Int Genet Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 407-10 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Laboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. |
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