Resumen de Free and informed consent: the Oviedo Convention in the articulated historical and juridical context of the sources
The Oviedo Convention of 1997 has established fundamental and uniform rules in reference to free and informed consent. Even though twenty years have passed, few States have signed and ra- tified the Convention. Today, however, the Charter of Fundamen- tal Rights of 2000 and the Treaty of Lisbon of 2007, deeply refor- ming the European Union, can finally give the hoped implementa- tion to the Convention of Oviedo, at least indirectly.
This contribution deals with the articulated historical and juridi- cal context of the sources related to the Convention.
