Assistant Luka Poslon from the Digital Healthcare Ethics laboratory (Digit-HeaL) lectured at the Summer School of Bioethics and Human Rights which was organized for the seventh year in a row in period from July 29 to August 4, 2024, by the World Youth Alliance Croatia. Assistant Professor Marijana Togonal from the Department of Communication Science at the Catholic University of Croatia also participated in the summer school as a lecturer. Also, four students of the Catholic University of Croatia from the Department of History, Department of Communication Science, and Department of Sociology participated in the mentioned summer school.

The summer school in Šibenik brought together prominent experts in the field of bioethics and human rights with the aim of educating young people about the important bioethical challenges of today that threaten human dignity. The school’s program was designed to empower participants to successfully face these challenges. This year’s topics, covered through interactive lectures, workshops and debates, included the right to life, palliative care, population control, demography and surrogacy.

Our assistant Poslon from Digit-HeaL held two presentations in Croatian entitled “Introduction to bioethics” and “Contemporary Challenges of Surrogacy”.

The World Youth Alliance is a nonprofit organization that brings together young people between 18 and 30 from various fields of interest. Its mission is to promote and preserve human rights based on unalienable human dignity.

You can find more information about the summer school at the link.