ICAMS calls on the members of the HCCH working group at each session For the attention of the members of the HCCH Parentage / Surrogacy Project Working Group Paris, 4 November 2024 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen For this 3rd meeting of the Working Group on the Project on Parentage, including that linked […]
For the attention of the members of the HCCH Working Group on Parentage/Surrogacy Project. 8 April 2024
To the Members of the Working group – project on filiation /surrogacy arrangements HCCH Paris, the 8th of April 2024 Dear Madam / Sir, The working group for the project on filiation, including that relating to international surrogacy arrangements, is meeting for the second time today. As at the beginning of your work, we ask […]
UNFPA. No, surrogacy is neither a “family-building option” nor a form of “comprehensive family planning”
On July 23rd, 2024, in collaboration with our 50 affiliated organizations across 15 countries, we submitted a joint letter to the UNFPA expressing our firm opposition to their definition of surrogate motherhood. Dear Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director Dear UNFPA Executive Board Members, We are writing to express our concerns about the portrayal of […]
New action against HCCH’s draft convention on parentage
Context Since 2018, we have been attempting to alert States to the serious consequences of the draft convention initiated by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) on “parentage in the context of surrogate motherhood”. In vain. The work of the HCCH is set to continue in a direction favourable to the surrogacy market […]
Petition Success Against Hague Conference
Appreciation goes out to the 8200 individuals (500 organizations) who signed the petitions opposing the Hague Conference’s initiatives regarding “parenting in the context of surrogacy.” The most recent petition garnered an additional 1,400 signatures on top of the previous ones. Together, these petitions represent a collective effort involving both individuals and organizations. Check out the […]
At the Hague 13 11 2023. ICASM and Allies Challenged HCCH’s Global Surrogacy Project
Speeches by the organisations taking part in the rally in The Hague on 13 11 2023 Access to the speeches here (PDF document) : speeches for HCCH Access the video recording of the rally https://youtu.be/goXhO1BaGMY Critiques of the HCCH’s potential role in legitimizing and regulating surrogacy. Organizations speeches from: ICASM – CIAMS International Coalition […]
Some points against regulation/harmonisation of surrogacy by the Hague Conference on Private International Law
by Stoppt Leihmutterschaft – Austria – Felix Surrogacy and international law Opinion on the mandate and negotiations of the Expert and Working Group of the General Affairs and Policy Council of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Background: From 2016-2022, an expert group of the HCCH met to examine the possibility of further […]
CALL TO STOP ALL ATTEMPS TO ORGANIZE REPRODUCTIVE SURROGACY
Link to sign the petition Click HERE Context Since 2010, the Hague Conference on Private International Law has been working on a draft international convention dealing with filiation in the context of reproductive surrogacy, in order to guarantee the effects of cross-border surrogacy for those who have recourse to it. The outcome of this work, […]
Seven points against surrogacy
In the context of the CSW67 on “Surrogacy a violation of human rights, a violence against women“, a conference led by CIAMS, we sent these seven points to members of UN agencies and institutions that represent and promote respect for human rights and are concerned by surrogacy. These points denounce the forms of violence and […]
Call on CEDAW to recognise surrogacy as a violence against women
As part of our contacts with members of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), we sent this concept note. After outlining the sexual and economic exploitation of women and the violence perpetrated by the surrogacy industry, the concept note calls for an international policy aimed at abolishing surrogacy because of […]