In 2019, the existence of a “mass grave” was revealed at the Center for the Donation of the Bodies of the prestigious Parisian university.
Article written by
Published
Reading time : 1 min.
The government got involved after the scandal that splashed the University of Paris-Descartes in 2019. A decree published in the Official Journal, Thursday, April 28, specifies the conditions for donating bodies to science in application of the bioethics law. After receiving documentation from the facility authorized to receive bodies, a person can now consent to this donation “by a written statement in full, dated and signed by him”, indicates the decree which comes into force on Friday.
The text also specifies the methods for transporting and receiving the bodies, the conditions for carrying out funeral operations, returning the body or the ashes and the conditions for authorization and operation of the establishments benefiting from the donations.
It also provides for the establishment within these establishments of a “ethics, scientific and educational committee responsible for issuing an opinion on training programs and research projects requiring the use of donated bodies”.
In 2019, the weekly The Express had revealed that the body donation center of this university had received in “indecent conditions” the remains of “thousands of people” having donated their bodies to science. The investigation subsequently opened revealed “inertia” managers of the prestigious Parisian institution for several decades. These revelations led to four indictments last year, including those of the Parisian university and its former president for “attacking the integrity of a corpse”.