This book is an accessible guide to navigate how heritable gene editing is regulated around the world, and how international human rights law can inform the debate on how heritable gene editing should be regulated.

1. Introduction Andrea Boggio,Cesare P. R. Romano and Jessica Almqvist; 2. The governance of human (germline) genome modification at the international and transnational level; Part I. North America: 3. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Canada Erika Kleiderman; 4. The regulation of human germline genome modification in the United States Kerry Lynn Macintosh; 5. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Mexico María de Jesús Medina Arellano; Part II. Europe: 6. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Europe Jessica Almqvist and Cesare P. R. Romano; 7. The regulation of human germline genome modification in the United Kingdom James Lawford Davies; 8. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Germany Timo Faltus; 9. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Belgium Guido Pennings; 10. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Sweden Santa Slokenberga and Heidi Carmen Howard; 11. The regulation of human germline genome modification in the Netherlands Britta van Beers, Charlotte de Kluiver and Rick Maas; 12. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Italy Ludovica Poli; 13. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Spain Iñigo de Miguel Beriain and Carlos María Romeo Casabona; 14. The regulation of human germline genome modification in France Alessandro Blasimme, Dorothée Caminiti and Effy Vayena; 15. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Switzerland Alessandro Blasimme, Dorothée Caminiti and Effy Vayena; Part III. Asia: 16. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Japan Tetsuya Ishii; 17. The regulation of human germline genome modification in The People's Republic of China Lingqiao Song and Rosario Isasi; 18. The regulation of human germline genome modification in The Republic of Korea Hannah Kim and Yann Joly; 19. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Singapore Calvin W. L. Ho; Part IV. Other OECD Countries: 20. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Australia Dianne Nicol; 21. The regulation of human germline genome modification in Israel Vardit Ravitsky and Gali Ben-Or; 22. Towards a human rights framework for the regulation of human germline genome modification Andrea Boggio, Cesare P. R. Romano and Jessica Almqvist.