lošinj days of bioethics

The Lošinj Days of Bioethics have made Croatia a geographical and spiritual centre of the European bioethics and a place of developmental shifts of the global bioethics, fostering a model of bioethics based on integrative thinking and epistemic tolerance. Among the diverse institutional forms under the umbrella project of integrative bioethics (bioethical centres, network coordination, referral centre, summer schools, annual conferences, symposia, panel discussions, research projects, university study programmes and courses, bioethical chairs, bioethical societies, book series, journals, bioethical awards, etc.), the scientific-cultural conference Lošinj Days of Bioethics is central as the principal gathering place for bioethicists in this part of Europe, as a kind of academy of integrative thinking and as a permanent international forum for bioethical debate.

The manifestation includes three central events, Integrative Bioethics and New Epoch symposium, Students Bioethics Workshop students workshop, and a yearly round table, with additional events, such as art exhibitions and public lectures, acompanying the main programme.

The manifestation has also been the host of signing two important documents, The Lošinj Declaration on Biotical Sovereignty in 2004, available here, and the Statement of Support for the Universal Declaration on River Rights in 2025, available here.