New Ethics Council begins work under Katrin Kallsberg

The new Ethics Council has begun work, with gynaecologist Katrin Kallsberg as its chair, KVF reports. The council took office on 1 October.

Health and Energy Minister Eyðdis Hartmann Niclasen met the new council on Wednesday.

The council’s role is to promote discussion and knowledge of ethical questions in health, social services and municipal affairs, and to help public authorities and citizens make informed decisions on such issues.

It will also monitor developments in society and, on its own initiative, raise public and fundamental ethical questions, including those related to research into and the use of biotechnology and gene technology.

The council’s members are Kallsberg, Vár Honnudóttir, Arni Zachariassen, Súsanna Skaale, Sissal Jørgensen, Regin Berg, Jógvan Páll Fjallsbak, Hanus á Gørðum and Jóngerð Guttesen.