Spanish Bioethics Committee (CBE)

The Spanish Bioethics Committee (Comité de Bioética de España) is a collegiate, independent and consultative professional board, which will develop its responsibilities, with full transparency, on materials related to the social and ethical implications of Biomedicine and Health Sciences. The CBE was created by Law 14/2007, of July 3rd, on Biomedical Research and it is part of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain. Headquarters of the CBE are in the Carlos III Institute of Health.

Web: http://www.comitedebioetica.es/?lang=en_US

REDECABE: National Network of Councils, Commissions, and Autonomous Committees of Bioethics and the Spanish Bioethics Committee

REDECABE is a body created in 2017 and seeks to group the Councils, Commissions and Autonomous Committees of Bioethics and the Spanish Bioethics Committee (Red de Consejos, Comisiones y Comités autonómicos y del Comité de Bioética de España), in order to facilitate communication among different organizations as well as the development of work synergies on topics that are of common interest. REDECABE has a repository of documentation through the National Centre of Documentation in Bioethics. This repository is freely accessible and is intended to provide a source of information for professionals and researchers working in bioethics, students, and the public.