The Hague Conference on Private International Law: definition The Hague Conference has 85 State Members, including the European Union Its aim “The Hague Conference aims to work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law”. It does so by means of international conventions and optional protocols. Definition: “The convention: agreement between States, […]
Draft International Convention for the abolition of surrogacy
PART 1 : INTRODUCTION PART 1: INTRODUCTION In the 21st century, while the situation of women around the world is improving in some respects, it is also experiencing many obstacles and even setbacks. Despite United Nations declarations and the commitment of some States to gender equality, inequalities remain persistent. Political and legislative measures have not succeeded […]
September 2020 – Surrogacy around the world
We are very pleased to announce the membership of NORDIC MODEL NOW https://nordicmodelnow.org/ Welcome to NORDIC MODEL NOW (see below the invitation to their 6 September action) The Coalition has 36 organizations in 11 countries (Canada, Japan, Australia, Sweden, Romania, Austria, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Spain, France). Take part in WHAT’S WRONG WITH SURROGACY […]
June-July 2020 – Surrogacy around the world
News on surrogacy is very contrasted in this pandemic time Regulatory pressure is still there. Bills or civil code reforms are under consideration in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia. In the Netherlands, there is an attempt to weaken the current rules governing surrogacy, while in Canada, the legislator is considering turning to commercial surrogacy. New scandals […]
200 Women’s rights organisations call for a ban on surrogacy in Ukraine
Press release 2020-06-03 Women’s rights organisations call for a ban on surrogacy in Ukraine Recently international media have published shocking pictures from the Ukrainian surrogacy industry. Newborn babies in large numbers that cannot be picked up by foreign customers due to the countries’ closed borders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has shed […]
Call to ban all forms of trade in children and women in the surrogacy industry in Ukraine
June 3, 2020 To the attention of Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, Call to ban all forms of trade in children and women in the surrogacy industry in Ukraine Dear mr. Zelensky, We, the undersigning organizations, have been made aware from international media of shocking pictures from one of the biggest […]
Letter to the President of Ukraine on the situation of children born by GPA and stranded in Ukraine
Mr. President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Paris on May 11th, 2010 Mr. President, We have been alerted by the shocking pictures posted online by Biotexcom,, a clinic in Kyiv which offers assisted fertilization and surrogacy services to “intended parents” from all countries. Biotexcom has improvised a large nursery (called “maternal room” despite […]
Book on Surrogacy – Call for paper
ICASM, International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood, launches a call for contributions for a forthcoming publication This book should draw up a kind of inventory of abolitionist feminist points of view on Surrogacy, crossing a variety of viewpoints and different approaches (essays, studies, testimonies, chronicles, humour, …). We warmly invite community […]
Request to the political parties, candidates in the 2019 European elections
Do not regulate surrogacy but abolish it As European elections are due next months, surrogacy is at stake. The Colition for the Abolition of surrogate motherhood adresses the political parties, candidates to the european elections to ask them to back up the idea of the abolition of surrogacy. Admittedly, the parliament has condemned the practice […]
LIST of all feminist women’s and civil society organizations signatories of the International Statement for a Global Ban on Womb Rental:
25th September 2018 / 25 de septiembre 2018 / 25 septembre 2018 LIST of all feminist women’s and civil society organizations signatories of the International Statement for a Global Ban on Womb Rental: Red Estatal Contra el Alquiler de Vientres (RECAV) / Spanish Network Against Womb Rental (SNAWR) – http://www.noalquilesvientres.com/ España La Coalition Internationale pour […]