Overview of relevant biosecurity and biosafety documents, reports, directives and publications.
Biosecurity Office
- Novel Dutch self-assessment Biosecurity Toolkit to identify biorisk gaps and to enhance biorisk awareness. Front. Public Health, 2014
- Development of a Biosecurity Checklist for Laboratory Assessment and Monitoring. Applied Biosafety, 2019
- The Vulnerability Scan, a Web Tool to Increase Institutional Biosecurity Resilience. Front. Public Health, 2019
- Dual-Use Quickscan: A Web-Based Tool to Assess the Dual-Use Potential of Life Science Research. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol, 2021
- Annual report 2013-2014 Biosecurity Office (print version, Dutch)
- Annual report 2013-2014 Biosecurity Office (digital version, Dutch)
- Flyer Biosecurity Office - English version 2022
- Explanation Biosecurity film (Dutch)
National
- KNAW Code of Conduct for Biosecurity - 2007
- KNAW Advisory report 'Improving Biosecurity' - 2013
- List of dual-use goods - 20-05-2021
- Handbook strategic goods - 2018 (Dutch)
- IGZ Report 'Hospitals and microbiology laboratories control risks concerning biological agents to a considerable extent, but some components are unsatisfactory' - 06-03-2013 (Dutch)
- HCSS Report - The Increasing Threat of Biological Weapons: Handle with Sufficient and Proportionate Care- 2016
- IFV Report 'High-risk biological laboratories. An exploration of the responsibilities and position of the safety region' - 19-03-2020 (Dutch)
Parliament
- Cabinet response to the Green Paper on Bio-Preparedness - 05-10-2007 (Dutch)
- Parliamentary questions about Q fever and bioterrorism - 26-01-2010 (Dutch)
- Parliamentary questions and answers about Erasmus MC bird flu - 20-02-2012 (Dutch)
- Letter to parliament regarding influenza A/H5N1 virus research - 27-02-2012 (Dutch)
- Letter to parliament regarding licence for the export of manuscripts - 27-04-2012 (Dutch)
- Parliamentary paper 'Coordination of biosecurity' - 26-09-2012 (Dutch)
- Court of Noord-Holland - Ruling investigation into H5N1 virus - 23-09-2013 (Dutch)
- Letter to parliament regarding biosecurity advice KNAW - 19-10-2015 (Dutch)
- Parliamentary questions and answers about high risk laboratories - 02-11-2022 (Dutch)
Code of Conducts
- Code of Conduct for Biosecurity - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, KNAW (2007)
- Code of Ethics against Misuse of Scientific Knowledge, Research and Resources - International Union of Microbiological Societies, IUMS (2006)
- Code of Conduct for Biosecurity - Italian National Committee for Biosafety, Biotechnology and Life Sciences (2010)
- Code of Conduct: Working with Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms and Toxins - German Research Foundation 2013
- Code of Conduct on Biosecurity for Biological Resource Centres - GBRCN and EMbaRC (2013)
- Harmonized Screening Protocol - Gene Sequence & Customer Screening to Promote Biosecurity, International Gene Synthesis Consortium (2017)
International
- An efficient and practical approach to Biosecurity - Textbook by CBB Denmark (2015)
- An introduction to biopreparedness - Textbook by CBB Denmark (2019) PDF document
- Biological Security Threats – situation report on biological attacks, weapons development and misuse - Textbook by CBB Denmark (2016)
- Handbook of Applied Biosecurity for Life Science Laboratories
- BTWC - Biological and toxin weapons convention, United Nations (1972)
- BTWC - Guide to Implementing the Biological Weapons Convention (2023)
- CWA 15793:2011. Laboratory Biorisk management standard (expired)
- CWA 16393:2012. Guidelines for the implementation of CWA 15793:2008
- CWA 16335:2011 Biosafety professional competence
- EU CBRN Action Plan - 2017
- EU Directive 2009/43 regarding terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community
- EU Regulation (EC) No. 2021/821 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items
- Fink report - Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism (2004)
- Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (1925)
- Guide to Training and Information Resources on the Culture of Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Responsible Conduct in the Life Sciences (2021)
- ISO 35001:2019 Biorisk management for laboratories and other related organisations
- ISO/TS 5441 Competence requirements for biorisk management advisors
- OECD - Best practice guidelines on biosecurity for BRCs (2007)
- Preventing Biological Threats: What You Can Do - Textbook by Bradford University (2015)
- The Biorisk Management Casebook: Insights into contemporary practices. Visibility Initiative for Responsible Science (2023)
- The Biorisk Management Case Study: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (2023)
- UNSCR1540 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)
- WHO Biorisk management Laboratory biosecurity guidance (2006)
- WHO benchmarks for International Health Regulations (IHR) capacities (2019) PDF document
- WHO Joint External Evaluation tool (JEE tool) - second edition (2018) PDF document
- WHO Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research (2022)
- WHO Laboratory biosafety manual, 4th edition (2020)