The undersigned, feminist associations and other civil society organisations, as defenders of women’s and children’s human rights, consider that the two initiatives mentioned will facilitate and therefore encourage cross-border surrogacy, based on a misleading interpretation of the best interests of the child, trampling on women’s rights, for the sole benefit of those who have no […]
Criticism of the Hague Conference approach: Protocol “For the Recognition of Legal Parentage Established as a Result of an International Surrogacy Contract”
Despite the human rights violations involved in surrogacy, the decision to persevere for more than a decade in creating an international instrument to organise this practice is worrying. We condemn the decision to follow this path, instead of really fighting for the rights of children and women who pay a high price for this misogynistic […]
ANALYSIS OF THE HAGUE PROTOCOL “FOR THE RECOGNITION OF LEGAL PARENTAGE ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING AN INTERNATIONAL SURROGACY CONTRACT”
The Hague Conference on private international law has been working on the issue of surrogacy since 2001. Although aware of the harms of surrogacy, which she describes as a globalized market, she perseveres in an approach that, in the long term, will socially legitimize its practice, reducing in the eyes of public opinion women to […]
The VERONA PRINCIPLES are a new attempt to organise surrogacy globally
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE VERONA PRINCIPLES FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE Access to the synthesis HERE Content Principle 1: Human dignity Principles 2 to 5: fundamental rights of the child Principle 6: The best interests of the child Principle 7: Surrogate consent Principle 8: Consent of the intended parent(s) Principle 9: Consent of persons providing human […]
The European Commission must take surrogacy into account in its work
Call to consider the issue of surrogacy from the women’s rights, and the rights of the child perspective. Letter sent from ICASM to European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen on 18/07/2022. The response, which is not very rcomforting, from the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission is available and commented at […]
ICASM asked President Zelensky (Ukraine) to ban surrogacy
On the advice of our Ukrainian member organisation, Democracy Center, we wrote to President Zelensky asking him to consider banning surrogacuy as the next step after having ratified the Istanbul Convention. International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motrherhood To the attention of […]
The European Parliament has repeatedly condemned surrogate motherhood.
The European Parliament has repeatedly condemned surrogate motherhood. As a violation of human dignity in 2015; In the context of human trafficking, as a source of human rights violations in 2017; In 2021, from a commercial perspective and at the global level, due to the risks of exploitation and trafficking in human beings, its impact […]
Invalidation of the historic “Roe v. Wade” judgment
PRESS RELEASE On Friday 24 June, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade by 5 votes to 4, ruling that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to abortion. To implement this decision, each state must pass its own abortion legislation. Abortion rights organisations estimate that between 22 and 26 of the […]
Letter to the members of the Irish Joint Committee on International Surrogacy
The Irish Joint Committee on International Surrogacy has been working fo 4 months and will finalize its recommandations on June 2022. Listening to their debates proves that nearly all the members and panelists are in favour of surrogacy, wether commercial or restricted. Senator Sharon Keogan tried to share her critical point of on surrogacy with […]
How many more scandals will it take?
Press release ICASM 26 04 2022 As everyone knows, the war in Ukraine has been going on for eight years. Two years ago, the pandemic with the images of those babies stranded in Ukraine revealed the true face of surrogacy to the world. Public opinion was outraged, Ukrainian officials considered putting a stop to […]