Dranseika, ViliusGefenas, EugenijusCekanauskaite, AstaHug, KristinaMežinska, SignePeicius, EimantasSilis, VentsSoosaar, AndresStrosberg, Martin2021-07-162021-07-162011-04Dranseika, V, Gefenas, E, Cekanauskaite, A, Hug, K, Mežinska, S, Peicius, E, Silis, V, Soosaar, A & Strosberg, M 2011, 'Twenty years of human research ethics committees in the Baltic States', Developing World Bioethics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 48-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8847.2010.00288.x1471-8731https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/5893Two decades have passed since the first attempts were made to establish systematic ethical review of human research in the Baltic States. Legally and institutionally much has changed. In this paper we provide an historical and structural overview of ethical review of human research and identify some problems related to the role of ethical review in establishing quality research environment in these countries. Problems connected to (a) public availability of information, (b) management of conflicts of interest,7187576enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBaltic Statesethical reviewResearch ethics committeesTransparency3.3 Health sciences1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus databaseIssues, ethics and legal aspectsHealth(social science)Health PolicySDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/article10.1111/j.1471-8847.2010.00288.xhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952763589&partnerID=8YFLogxK