The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 33
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- The Transplantation Society, an international non-governmental organization composed of physicians, surgeons and scientists involved in organ transplantation, has consistently opposed the commercialization of such procedures and issued a number of important statements on ethical issues around organ transplantation. In 2008, the Transplantation Society and the International Society of Nephrology developed a professional code of practice aimed at improving the quality and availability of organ transplantation while also addressing the key ethical issues facing practitioners. The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, adopted at an international summit on transplant tourism and organ trafficking convened by the Transplantation Society and the International Society of Nephrology in Istanbul, Turkey, from 30 April to 2 May 2008, has exerted significant influence over responses at the national, regional and international levels. The language of the Declaration is unequivocal with regard to trafficking in persons for the removal of organs, stating in its principle 6 that "organ trafficking and transplant tourism violate the principles of equity, justice and respect for human dignity and should be prohibited". It goes on to affirm that transplant commercialism should be prohibited because it "targets impoverished and otherwise vulnerable donors [and] leads inexorably to inequity and injustice".
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 33
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