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- POSITION PAPER | Surrogacy in Thailand and the mobilisation of Thai civil society 2 September 2026 CIAMS/ICASM opposes a plan to reopen the reproductive market at the very moment the region is closing, and salutes the mobilisation of Thai civil society 31 July 2026 This text is an excerpt of the contribution ICASM would have filed in the public consultation opened by the Thai Ministry of Public Health, had that consultation… Lire la suite
- You’re selling women and children, and how desire is mistaken for the centre of the universe 2 September 2026 Response to the Parti socialiste editorial published in Libération. We all bear the same scar in the centre of our abdomen. We scarcely notice it; it appears in our anatomy textbooks as a curiosity with no function, a hollow to be pierced or a lump that cosmetic surgery sometimes addresses. Yet this unremarkable mark is… Lire la suite
- Directive (EU) 2024/1712: 19 of 27 Member States Are Not Ready – SHADOW REPORT 15 July 2026 Today, July 15th 2026, is the deadline for Member States to transpose the first EU instrument recognising the exploitation of surrogacy as human trafficking. ICASM publishes its shadow report. Since July 14th 2024, EU law has recognised the exploitation of surrogacy as a form of human trafficking. Directive (EU) 2024/1712 gave Member States two years… Lire la suite
- Nigeria’s HB 1137 – Why Abolition, Not Regulation, Is the Only Protection for Surrogate Mothers 27 May 2026 In collaboration with NAIJA FEMINISTS MEDIA, we have addressed a submission to the members of the National Assembly regarding Bill HB 1137, currently at its second reading, which aims to "regulate" surrogacy in Nigeria. The bill passed the second reading in the House of Representatives in October 2024. It is expected to monitor and mandate… Lire la suite
- Contribution to the 2026 National Bioethics Conference 10 May 2026 There is nothing coincidental about the timing: the opinion of the National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE) is expected in mid-November 2026, as soon as the presidential campaign kicks off. The next French bioethics law will be drafted by the majority emerging from this election. What is at stake in these debate halls today, in these… Lire la suite
- Surrogacy: no, motherhood cannot be reduced to a ‘psychological adoption process’ 8 May 2026 On May 2nd 2026, LeMonde.fr/idées published an opinion piece by Geneviève Delaisi de Perceval and Israël Nisand calling for the legalization of surrogacy in France, in the name of a process of “psychic adoption” that would replace pregnancy as the foundation of motherhood. This opinion piece included no bibliographic reference, no epidemiological data, and it… Lire la suite