The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 69
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All States should also review the broader legal framework around transplantation-related exploitation to ensure, at a minimum, that related offences are fully and effectively criminalized and appropriately penalized. Such related offences include but are not limited to removal of an organ from a living or deceased donor without consent; removal of an organ from a living or deceased donor for financial gain or other advantage; the use of organs removed in such ways; and any form of advertising of a service relating to illicit removal and use of an organ.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children