Transplantation

The Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin contains general principles and specific provisions concerning transplantation. The Additional Protocol has been signed and ratified by a number of countries since its opening for signature on 24 January 2002 and is now in force.

Legal instruments and related documents
- Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin
- Replies of the member states to the questionnaire on organ trafficking
- Joint Council of Europe and United Nations study on trafficking in organs, tissues and cells and trafficking in human beings for the purpose of the removal of organs
- Statement on the prohibition of any form of commercialisation of human organs by DH-BIO and CD-P-TO
- Statement on the prohibition of any form of commercialisation of human organs by the Committee of Ministers
- Declaration adopted by the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the PACE
Publication
Guide on prohibition on financial gain
Publication of a new guide to facilitate the implementation of the principle that the human body and its parts must not, as such, give rise to financial gain.

06 déc. 2018 18:00:00
Legal assessment of the Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 28-З on transplantation of human organs and tissues of 4 March 1997 vis-à-vis its compliance with the Council of Europe standards will be conducted by the leading international experts

Human Rights
in the Biomedical Field
