Endorsements

About the Endorsement of the Declaration

The Declaration of Istanbul is not a legal document, and those involved in its creation did not sign it. Rather than compelling compliance with its principles, the DICG hopes the Declaration’s definitions and principles will guide and inspire better transplantation practices.

The DICG seeks endorsement of the Declaration from professional societies associated with transplantation medicine

Societies that officially endorse the Declaration are urged to uphold the Declaration’s principles in their activities and members’ practices and encouraged to achieve the Declaration’s proposals.

Endorsement promotes ethical practice within professional societies. It helps convey the weight of public and professional support for the Declaration and encourages health authorities to act.

Implications of Endorsement

Endorsement of the Declaration does not require compliance with all its suggested proposals. It does require those who endorse it to rigorously apply the Declaration’s ethical principles in their policies, practice, and activities. To facilitate this, the following suggestions have been made for endorsing organizations.

Endorsement of the Declaration of Istanbul:

Requires that speakers at scientific and educational meetings on clinical organ transplantation disclose whether the clinical and research activities being reported are consistent with the Declaration’s principles.
Implies that organizations have an established mechanism for determining that clinical organ transplantation presentations are appropriate based on the Declaration’s Principles.
Establishes mechanisms to promote, implement and uphold the Declaration, for example, through ethics committee activity, awards, and membership criteria.
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Individual Commitment Statement

Sign the Individual Commitment Statement
Download the DICG Individual Commitment Statement, add your signature, and publicly affirm your dedication to upholding these principles.
Print and Display
We encourage all individuals to print the signed statement and display it in their office, clinic, laboratory, or institution as a visible commitment to ethical practice.
Share the Principles
Share the statement with colleagues and peers to help promote awareness and collective accountability.
Organizational Reaffirmation
We ask all endorsing organizations to invite their members to formally reaffirm their commitment to the DICG principles and to circulate the downloadable statement within their networks.

Download the DICG Individual Commitment Statement

The Sponsoring Organizations

The Transplantation Society

International Society of Nephrology

- Algerian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
- American Sciety of Histcompatibility & Immunogenetics
- American Society of Nephrology
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
- American Society of Transplantation
- Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation
- Argentina Society of Nephrology
- Argentinian Society of Transplantation
- Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology
- Asian Society of Transplantation
- Association of German Kindey Centres
- Australian Government - National Health and Medical Research Council
- Austrian Transplantation Society
- Belgian Transplant Society
- Bolivian Society of Nephrology
- Brazilian Organ Transplant Association
- Brazilian Society of Nephrology
- British Transplantation Society
- Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technologists
- Canadian Blood Services
- Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program
- Canadian Society of Nephrology
- Canadian Society of Transplantation
- Catalan Transplantation Society
- Chilean Society of Nephrology
- Chilean Society of Transplantation
- China National Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee
- College of Nephrologists of Mexico
- Colombian Association of Nephrology and Hypertension
- Costa Rican Association of Nephrology
- Council of Europe European Committee on Organ Transplantation
- Cuban Society of Nephrology
- Czech Transplant Society
- Danish Transplantation Society
- Dominican Society of Nephrology
- Ecuador - Ministry of Health
- Ecuadorian Society of Nephrology
- Egyptian Society of Nephrology & Transplantation
- El Salvador Association of Nephrology and Hypertension
- Emirate Medical Association Nephrology Society
- European Cardio Thoracic Transplant Association (ESOT)
- European Donation and Transplant Coordination Society - EDTCO
- European Donation and Transplant Coordinators Organization (EDTCO)
- European Federation of Immunogenetics
- European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation
- European Kidney Patients Federation
- European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association
- European Society of Organ Transplantation
- Eurotransplant International Foundation
- Executive Agency for Transplantation of Bulgaria
- Georgian Association of Transplantation
- German Organ Transplantation Foundation
- German Society of Nephrology
- German Transplantation Society
- Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations
- Grupo Puntacana - Latinamerican Transplant Coordinators
- Guatemalan Nephrology Society
- Gulf Cooperation Council Transplantation Committee
- Guyana Human & Organ Transplant Agency
- Hellenic Transplant Organization
- Honduran Society of Nephrology
- Hong Kong Society of Nephrology
- Hong Kong Society of Transplantation
- Hungarian Society of Nephrology
- Iberoamerican Council of Organ Donation and Transplantation
- INCUCAI
- INCUCAI Bioethics Commitee
- Liver Transplant Society of India
- Indian Society of Nephrology
- Indian Society of Organ Transplantation
- Indonesian Society of Nephrology
- International Council for Commonality in Blood Banking Automation
- International Liver Transplant Society
- International Pediatric Nephrology Association
- International Pediatric Transplantation Association
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
- International Society of Nephrology
- International Society of Organ Donation and Procurement
- International Transplant Nurses Society
- Iraqi Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
- Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association
- Irish Transplant Society/The national Transplant Society
- Israel Medical Association
- Italian National Transplant Centre
- Italian Society of Organ Transplantation
- Japanese Society for Clinical Renal Transplantation
- Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
- Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
- Japanese Society of Nephrology
- The Japan Society for Transplantation
- Jordan Society of Nephrology
- Jordanian Society of Nephrology
- KfH Board of Trustees for Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation incorporated association and non-profit entity
- Korean Society for Transplantation
- Kuratorium für Dialyse und Nierentransplantation
- Kuwait Transplant Society
- Latin American Transplant Coordinators
- Latin-American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension
- Latvian Transplant Association
- Libyan National Organ Transplantation Program
- Libyan Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
- Macedonian Society of Organ and Tissue Transplantation
- Malaysian Society of Transplantation
- Malaysian Society of Transplantation & the Ministry of Health Malaysia
- Mali National Society of Nephrology
- Mexican Institute of Nephrological Research
- Mexican Society of Transplantation
- Mexican National Transplantation Center
- Middle Eastern Society of Transplantation
- Ministry of Health Sri Lanka
- MOHAN Foundation
- Mongolia Gender Equity Center
- Moroccan Society of Nephrology
- National Association of Nephrologists of Mexico
- National Central Institute Single Ablation and Implant Coordinator INCUCAI
- National Italian Transplant Centre
- National Organization for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (NOD-Lebanon)
- National Scientific Center of Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation
- National Transplant Center and National Council for Transplantation
- National Transplant Organisation
- Netherlands Transplantation Society
- New York State Transplantation Council
- NHS Blood and Transplant
- Nicaraguan Society of Nephrology
- Norwegian Society of Nephrology
- National Transplant Organization of Venezuela
- Pakistan Society of Nephrology and Urology
- Pakistan society of Nephrology Medical Transplant Regulatary Authority KPK Pakistan
- Panamanian Association of Nephrology and Hypertension
- Paraguayan Society of Nephrology
- Peruvian Society of Nephrology
- Philippine College of Physicians
- Philippine College of Surgeons
- Philippine Medical Association
- Philippine Society of Nephrology
- Polish Transplantation Society
- Portuguese Institute of Transplantation
- Red / Consejo Iberoamericano de Donacion y Trasplante
- Regulatory Department of Cells, Tissues and Organs Transplantation. Department of Health
- Renal Association of the United Kingdom
- Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
- Scandiatransplant
- Senegalese Society of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation
- SITO (Società Italiana Trapianti d'organo)
- Slovak Transplant Society
- Société Francophone de Néphrologie Dialyse Transplantation
- Societé Francophone de Transplantation
- Society of Nephrology and Hypertension of Puerto Rico
- Society of Transplantation France
- Society of Transplantation Singapore
- South African Renal Society
- South African Transplantation Society
- Spanish Society of Transplantation
- Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology
- Swedish Society of Nephrology
- Swedish Transplantation Association
- Swiss Transplant Society
- Thai Transplantation Society
- The Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group
- The Kidney Foundation of Canada
- Transplant Agency of Moldova
- Transplant Society of Pakistan
- Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Transplantation Society of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Tunisian Society of Nephrology
- Turkish Association for Transplantation
- Turkish Transplant Society
- United Network for Organ Sharing
- United States National Kidney Foundation
- Uruguayan Society of Nephrology
- Uruguayan Transplantation Society
- Venezuelan Nephrology Society
- World Transplant Games Federation

Endorsing Organizations

Algerian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation

American Society for Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (ASHI)

American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN)

American Society of Transplantation (AST)

Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation

Argentine Society of Nephrology

Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN)

Asian Society of Transplantation

Asociacion Medica de Coordinadores de Trasplantes (Peru)

Australian Government - National Health and Medical Research Council

Austrian Transplantation Society

Belgian Transplant Society

Bolivian Society of Nephrology

Brazilian Organ Transplant Association (ABTO)

Brazilian Society of Nephrology

British Transplantation Society (BTS)

Canadian Association of Nephrology Nurses and Technologists

Canadian Blood Services

Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program

Canadian Society of Nephrology

Canadian Society of Transplantation (CST)

Catalan Transplantation Society

Centro Nazionale Trapianti

Chilean Society of Nephrology

Chilean Society of Transplantation

College of Nephrologists of Mexico

Colombian Association of Nephrology and Hypertension

Costa Rican Association of Nephrology

Council of Europe European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO)

Cuban Society of Nephrology

Czech Transplant Society

Danish Transplantation Society

Dominican Society of Nephrology

Ecuador - Ministry of Health

Ecuadorian Society of Nephrology

Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation (ESNT)

El Salvador Association of Nephrology and Hypertension

Emirate Medical Association Nephrology Society (EMAN)

European Cardio Thoracic Transplant Association (ESOT)

European Donation and Transplant Coordinators Organization (EDTCO)

European Federation of Immunogenetics

European Heart and Lung Transplant Federation (EHLTF)

European Kidney Patients Federation

European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA)

European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT)

Eurotransplant International Foundation

Executive Agency for Transplantation of Bulgaria

Georgian Association of Transplantation

German Organ Transplantation Foundation (DSO)

German Society of Nephrology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nephrologie)

German Transplantation Society (Deutschen Transplantationsgesellschaft)

Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations

Guatemalan Nephrology Society

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Transplantation Committee

Guyana Human & Organ Transplant Agency

Hellenic National Transplant Organization (Greece)

Honduran Society of Nephrology

Hong Kong Society of Nephrology

Hong Kong Society of Transplantation

Hungarian Society of Nephrology

Iberoamerican Council of Organ Donation and Transplantation

Indian Society of Organ Transplantation

Indonesian Society of Nephrology

Instituto Nacional Central Único Coordinador de Ablación e Implante (INCUCAI)

International Council for Commonality in Blood Banking Automation (ICCBBA)

International Liver Transplant Society

International Pediatric Nephrology Association

International Pediatric Transplantation Association (IPTA)

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)

International Society of Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP)

International Transplant Nurses Society

Iraqi Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (IqSNT)

Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association

Israel Medical Association

Italian National Transplant Centre

Italian Society of Organ Transplantation

Japanese Society for Clinical Renal Transplantation

Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy

Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

Japanese Society of Nephrology

KfH Board of Trustees for Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation incorporated association and non-profit entity

Korean Society for Transplantation

Kuwait Transplant Society

Latin-American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension

Latvian Transplant Association

Liver Transplant Society of India

Malaysian Society of Transplantation

Malaysian Society of Transplantation & the Ministry of Health Malaysia

Mexican Institute of Nephrological Research

Mexican Society of Transplantation

Mexico National Transplantation Center

Middle Eastern Society of Transplantation

MOHAN Foundation

Moroccan Society of Nephrology

National Central Institute Single Ablation and Implant Coordinator INCUCAI

National Organization for Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (NOD-Lebanon)

National Scientific Center of Human Organ and Tissue Transplantation

Norwegian Society of Nephrology

Pakistan Society of Nephrology

Panamanian Association of Nephrology and Hypertension

Philippine College of Physicians

Philippine College of Surgeons

Philippine Medical Association

Philippine Society of Nephrology

Polish Transplantation Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Transplantacyjne)

Portuguese institute of transplantation

Red / Consejo Iberoamericano de Donacion y Trasplante

Renal Association of Mauritius

Renal Association of the United Kingdom

Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation

Senegalese society of nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation

Slovak Transplant Society

Société Francophone de Néphrologie Dialyse Transplantation

Societé Francophone de Transplantation

South African Renal Society

Southern African Transplantation Society

Spanish Society of Transplantation

Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology

Swedish Society of Nephrology

Swiss Transplant Society

Thai Transplantation Society

The Cochrane Collaboration Steering Group

The Japan Society for Transplantation

The Kidney Foundation of Canada

Transplant Agency of Moldova

Transplant Society of Pakistan

Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand

Transplantation Society of Latin America and the Caribbean

Tunisian Society of Nephrology

Turkish Transplantation Society

United Network for Organ Sharing

United States National Kidney Foundation

Uruguayan Society of Nephrology

Venezuelan Nephrology Society

World Transplant Games Federation

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