Here is the text of the Casablanca Declaration for the universal abolition of surrogacy, which will be signed on Friday February 3 by a hundred researchers and practitioners from all over the world.
We, the signatories of this Statement,
Conscious
of the suffering of people who cannot procreate
the appeal of reproductive technologies
and the international challenge of effective protection of human dignity
Convinced
that the contract by which one or more sponsors agree with a woman that she will bear a child or several children with a view to their delivery at birth, whatever its name and its terms and hereinafter referred to as surrogacy ( GPA),
undermines human dignity
and contributes to the commodification of women and children
Ask
States to condemn surrogacy in all its modalities and in all its forms, whether remunerated or not, and to adopt measures to combat this practice.
To this end, we address the following recommendations to States:
prohibit surrogacy on their territory
refuse any legal value to contracts involving the commitment for a woman to bear and deliver a child
sanction the persons, natural or legal, who offer themselves as intermediaries**** between the surrogate mothers** and the sponsors***
sanction people who resort to surrogacy on their territory
sanction their nationals who resort to surrogacy outside their territory
work towards the adoption of an international legal instrument bringing about the universal abolition of surrogacy.
We propose
as an appendix to this Declaration a draft international Convention at the free disposal of States wishing to engage in this process.
*Gestation for others or procreation for others, surrogate motherhood, reproductive exploitation, recourse to a surrogate mother, is the fact for one or more sponsors to agree with a woman that she will bear a child or several children with a view to their delivery. at birth, whether the agreement is agreed directly between them or through one or more third parties.
**Gestator, or surrogate mother or surrogate mother: woman who agrees to one or more sponsors to carry on their behalf one or more children that she will give them at birth.
***Sponsor(s): the person or persons, also designated as clients or intended parents, who agree with a woman that she will carry on their behalf one or more children whom she will give them at birth.
****Intermediaries with a view to surrogacy: natural or legal person(s) who put a woman in contact with one or more sponsors so that she bears one or more children that she will give them at birth, and/or mediate between the woman and the sponsor(s) for this purpose.
WIRZ Heinz, Doctor, South Africa
AGA Erald, Lawyer, Albania
BENCHENEB Ali, Emeritus University Professor (Law), Algeria
PANTEL Sylvia, Foundation Director, Germany
KAMINSKI Cornelia, Professor, Germany
BINETTI Maria-José, University Professor, Argentina
ANDORNO Roberto, Associate University Professor (Law), Argentina
SYMONS Xavier, Researcher, Australia
MERCKENS Stéphanie, Lawyer, Austria
SCHAUB Anne, Psychologist – Psychotherapist, Belgium
LOKOSSOU Gatien, Doctor, Benin
BAKATU Léopold, Medical Imaging Engineer, Benin
VALKHOVICH Vladislav, Doctor of Theology, Belarus
CALLAU Patricia, Lawyer, Bolivia
PENA ARANCIBIA Gaby, Communicator, Bolivia
GANDRA Angela, Lawyer, Brazil
IANAKIEV Youri, University Professor (psychology), Bulgaria
ILBOUDO Yolande Ginette, Lawyer, Burkina Faso
OUEDRAOGO Paul, Pediatrician, Burkina Faso
SINZINKAYO Deogratias, Trainer in family planning, Burundi
TSOTIE Christian, Nurse, President of association (health), Cameroon
AMUNGWA Nganfor Nereus, Family Support, Cameroon
BUSCEMI Georges, President of association (bioethics), Canada
RODRIGUEZ PINTO Maria Sara, University Professor (Law), Chile
CAVIEDES Gabriela, University professor (philosophy), Chile
MUNOZ GOMEZ Diana, Lawyer, University professor (law), Colombia
HONSRAN Romaric, Magistrate, Ivory Coast
NOVOSEL Karlo, Lawyer, Croatia
BLAZEVIC Sofia, Assistant University Professor (Biology), Croatia
ABDELHAMID Hassan, University Professor (Law), Egypt
RODRIGUEZ Gabriela, University professor (law), Ecuador
GAS-AIXENDRI Montserrat, University Professor (Law), Spain
POSTIGO Elena, University Professor (Bioethics), Spain
AUS Nele, Teacher, Estonia
DELL'ORO Roberto, University Professor, United States
FAUST Katy, President of association (childhood), United States
SINGH Jiten, University Professor (Law), Former Judge at the High Court of Justice, Fiji
SARTON Olivia, Lawyer, France
GARCIA LARRAIN Bernard, Doctor of Laws, France
MIRKOVIC Aude, Lecturer in Law, France
URTECHO LÓPEZ David Armando, Lawyer, Honduras
MÁTÉ Botos, University Professor, Hungary
JAYARAJ Deepa Christina, Lawyer, India
ASHBOURNE-LOFTUS Cathal, Policy Officer, Ireland
BOTTONE Angelo, University Professor (philosophy), Italy
BASSI Vincenzo, Lawyer, University professor (law), President of an association, Italy
FUKUDA Maki, Lecturer in legal history, Japan
NOAKI Rota, Doctor, Japan
ABYLKASSYMOVA Sovetgul, Doctor of psychology, consultant, Kazakhstan
KIBICHO Sheila, University Lecturer, Kenya
MUNINZWA Maximillia, writer/columnist, Kenya
RUDEVSKA Baiba, Lawyer, Latvia
NAWFAL Georges, Pediatrician, Lebanon
KRUMPLYTE-OZENKO Jolita, Economist, Lithuania
LIETUUVÉ Rasa, Social Worker, Lithuania
LORANG Jean-Jacques, Lawyer, Luxembourg
ESOAVELOMANDROSO Faratiana, University Professor (Law), Madagascar
CHANG Denis, Lawyer, Malaysia
SFENDLA Dyaâ, University professor (law), Morocco
ACHACHI Rachid, Researcher in social sciences, Morocco
SAUVAGE Danièle, African Family Action Federation, Mauritius
BROUSSE Olivier, consultant, Mauritius
MAHAM Fatimetou, President NGO STOP SIDA, Mauritania
YATERA Abdoul, Lawyer, Mauritania
ANDRADE ROJAS Juan Pablo, Lawyer, University professor (law), Mexico
COTRUTA Ana, Doctor, Moldova
MOUROU Michel-Yves, Doctor, Monaco
CACERES ORTIZ Priscila, Lawyer specializing in human rights, Nicaragua
ISSA MOUSSA Noureddine, Temporary University Professor (Law), Niger
EKWOWUSI Sonnie, Lawyer, Chairman of the Human and Constitutional Rights Committee of the African Bar Association (AFBA), Nigeria
EDOBOR Clare, Nurse, Nigeria
MENDOZA Lindolfo, Medical expert in maternal-fetal medicine, Paraguay
KOK-EGU Marie, Doctor, Netherlands
CACERES Joaquin, Lawyer, Peru
DANIEGA Désirée, Doctor, Philippines
MOSTOWIK Piotr , University Professor (Law), Poland
HOLEWIK Antonia, Lawyer, Poland
COSTA-GONCALVES Diogo, University Professor (Law), Portugal
MVAKA-NGUMBU Irénée, University Professor (Law), Democratic Republic of Congo
Konečná Hana, Psychologist, Czech Republic
POPESCU Andreea, Lawyer, Romania
SIMPSON William Lindsay, Legal Adviser, United Kingdom
JOYCE Christopher, Consultant, United Kingdom
POPOVA Olga, Researcher in bioethics, Russia
NYIRABUKEYE Thérèse, Teacher, Rwanda
SOLIS JIMENEZ Gilberto, Human Rights Lawyer, El Salvador
JANKOVIĆ Slobodan, Political Science Researcher, Serbia
CEROVSKÁ Annamária, Lawyer, Slovakia
LADAN Mateja, Doctor, Sweden
LINDEN Magdalena, Doctor, Sweden
PANCHAUD Xavier, Lawyer, Switzerland
BLANCHUT Pierre, Doctor, Switzerland
SAMAAN Marie, Psychomotrician, Syria
HAGAMU Emil, Regional Director Human Life International, Tanzania
DIOMBETH DIONINGA Augustin, Teacher / Family training, Chad
SAYADI Abderrazak, University Professor, Tunisia
KOVALENKO Alla, Doctor in communication, Ukraine
MARURI ARMAND-UGON Sofia, University Professor (Law), Uruguay
INSIBURO Agustina, Lawyer, Uruguay
FANEITE Jennifer, Family Guidance Consultant, Venezuela