Robert James Torrance

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Ethics Ethics Committees Policy Introduction Hussein and Elmusharaf conducted a systematic review of human participant research undertaken during the armed conflict in Darfur (2004–2012) and found that only 1 of the 55 studies (<2%) conducted by United Nations (UN) agencies reported gaining ethical approval.1 The absence of reporting of ethical oversight of course does not mean that ethical oversight was not obtained.