Should national laws regulate human research to protect participants?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote concerned creating a national constitutional basis for regulating research involving human participants. The proposal authorised the national government to establish uniform rules protecting participants' dignity, privacy and personal rights. It also established principles concerning informed participation and recognised the importance of scientific freedom and research for health and society. Supporters argued that consistent national rules were needed to replace differing regional regulations. Some opponents believed the proposal restricted medical research too much, while others believed it did not protect vulnerable participants strongly enough. Swiss voters approved the constitutional amendment.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/548.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=548
Vote date: 2010-03-07
Original Swissvotes English title: Constitutional article on human research
Original German title: Verfassungsartikel über die Forschung am Menschen
Swissvotes short-description title: Der Mittelweg zwischen Schutz der menschlichen Würde und Forschungsfreiheit führt zum Ziel
Original French title: Article constitutionnel concernant la recherche sur l'être humain
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/34488
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20100307.prop_oui_548_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20100307.prop_oui_548_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=548