Our actions
- For the attention of the members of the HCCH Parentage / Surrogacy Project Working Group. 4 November 2024 4 November 2024 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… Lire la suite
- For the attention of the members of the HCCH Working Group on Parentage/Surrogacy Project. 8 April 2024 4 November 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… Lire la suite
- French Background to the creation in 2018 of ICASM, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood 8 October 2024 From 1985 to 1990. The emergence of New Reproductive Technologies (NRTs) sparked concerns and alarm among French feminist researchers.Simultaneously, associations dedicated to organizing surrogacy in France were established. These associations were subsequently banned (1988 and 1989), while case law (1991) and legislation (1994) reaffirmed France's fundamental principles of the non-availability and non-patrimoniality of the… Lire la suite
- UNFPA. No, surrogacy is neither a “family-building option” nor a form of “comprehensive family planning” 22 July 2024 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… Lire la suite
- Ireland. June 2024. The surrogacy Bill passed 3 July 2024 Empty Chambers, Full Force: Surrogacy Bill Passes Under Irish Radar Press release 20 june 2024 We, the International Coalition for the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood (ICASM), as feminist defenders of women's, children's, and human rights, consider that the Irish Assisted Human Reproduction Bill, as voted, is incompatible with European ideals of human dignity and the… Lire la suite
- New action against HCCH’s draft convention on parentage 7 March 2024 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… Lire la suite