Autore
Negri, StefaniaTitolo
La Convenzione del Consiglio d'Europa contro il traffico di organi umani: un importante strumento internazionale per la tutela della salute e della sicurezza della personaPeriodico
Ordine internazionale e diritti umaniAnno:
2016 - Fascicolo:
1 - Pagina iniziale:
129 - Pagina finale:
144THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION AGAINST THE TRAFFICKING IN
HUMAN ORGANS: AN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT TO SAFEGUARD
PEOPLE’S HEALTH AND SECURITY
Transplantation procedures have become increasingly sophisticated and offer
nowadays unforeseen opportunities of survival to hundred of thousands of patients.
However, due to the global organ shortage, unethical practices like organ trafficking and
transplant tourism have progressively emerged and spread worldwide, rapidly becoming a
highly profitable business for transnational organised criminal groups. These practices
represent a serious threat to public health and human security, egregious violations of
fundamental human rights and a bold infringement of universal principles of medical
ethics.
The Council of Europe Convention against the Trafficking in Human Organs
represents a robust response to this global criminal phenomenon and a milestone in the
fight against unlawful and unethical practices in transplantations. This paper highlights the
importance of the Convention inasmuch as it fills existing gaps in international law,
increases the level of harmonisation of domestic legal systems and fosters better
international cooperation in criminal matters. Combined with other relevant international
legal tools, the Convention provides a comprehensive framework to curtail distinct types of
transplant-related crimes at European level and beyond.
SICI: 2284-3531(2016)1<129:LCDCDC>2.0.ZU;2-2
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