Criminal Law Conditions for Conducting a Scientific Experiment on a Person

Abstract

The problem of causing harm to a person’s health during an experiment (including for medical purposes), and the issue of the person’s consent for conducting the experiment by third parties has long been in the focus of legal scholars. Recent developments in the Russian criminal legislation have intensified research in this sphere. There is no doubt that in modern society we need to find an adequate balance between the achievements of science and the basic values of persons, and, first of all, their life and health. In this regard, it is necessary to elaborate a clear definition of legitimate conditions for conducting a scientific experiment on a person under criminal law. Relying on the analysis, deduction and induction of scientific views regarding the conduct of a scientific experiment on persons and their consent to it, the author of the article has formulated universal conditions necessary and sufficient for such an experiment.