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Human Rights Violations Are Increasing in Fashion’s Manufacturing Hubs
Image:Workers remove by hand impurities such as leaves from cotton fibres in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region city Turpan, China. …
Human Rights Outlook 2021
Executive Summary Human rights do not exist in a vacuum. They are subject to the vicissitudes of governments, to poorly …
Underground Lives: Forgotten Children- the Intergenerational Impact of Modern Slavery
Thousands of children affected by modern slavery are being failed by the system There are at least 5,000 children of …
Re-conceptualizing the organ trade: separating “trafficking” from “trade” and the implications for law and policy
Introduction The trade in human organs is considered a major international concern. In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated …
Transplant Commercialism
World Health Organization (WHO) The WHO first prohibited transplant commercialism in 1987, claiming that such trade is inconsistent with the …
Transplant Tourism
Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/ Transplant tourism, derived from the term ‘medical tourism’ is defined …
Organ Trafficking
Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism http://www.declarationofistanbul.org/ The 2008 Declaration of Istanbul was the first document to define organ …
Epistemic Communities, Human Rights, and the Global Diffusion of Legislation against the Organ Trade
Abstract Over the past several decades, over 100 countries have passed legislation banning commercial organ transplantation. What explains this rapid, …
Beneath the organ trade: a critical analysis of the organ trafficking discourse
Abstract This paper critically examines how the organ trade fits into the human trafficking discourse. The organ trade involves diverse …
Exposing the Illegal Organ Trade
Panorama investigates one of the world’s most brutal trades – the buying and selling of human organs. The programme meets …