1. It is logically possible to have dissenters involved in the process. They could express their opposition to the process, but remain part of it in order (1) to continue expressing their opposition, and (2) to minimize the problems with the resulting declaration. However, insofar as there are opponents of declarations in the process, their opposition to a declaration does not prevail whenever a declaration is the outcome of the process.
2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 2005.Universal Draft Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.SHS/ EST/05/CONF.204/3REV. Paris, 24 June 2005. UNESCO.
3. Ibid. Article 16.
4. See, for example, D.Benatar. Bioethics and Health and Human Rights: A Critical View. Forthcoming inJ Med Ethics.
5. UNESCO,op. cit. note 2. Preamble.