Resources
Patient Brochure
Thinking about a Kidney?
The Patient Brochure developed by the Custodian Group is now available to download. As they become available, we will post more translations of the document on this page. Please check back.
| Language | Description | Download Link | |
|---|---|---|---|
| العربية (Arabic) | المريض كتيب | تحميل | |
| 病人手册 (Chinese) | 简体中文 | 低分辨率 | 高分辨率 |
| English | Patient Brochure - A4 Size | Download | |
| English | Patient Brochure - Legal Size | Download | |
| Español (Spanish) | Paciente Folleto | baja resolución | alta resolución |
| Français (French) | Patient Brochure | basse résolution | haute résolution |
| עברית (Hebrew) | החולה חוברת | רזולוציה נמוכה | ברזולוציה גבוהה |
| हिन्दी (Hindi) | रोगी पुस्तिका | डाउनलोड | |
| 日本 (Japanese) | 患者のパンフレット | ダウンロード | |
| 한국어 (Korean) | 환자 브로셔 | 지금 다운로드 | |
| Melayu (Malay) | Brosur pesakit | resolusi rendah | |
| Português (Portugese) | Paciente Folheto | baixa resolução | Alta Resolução |
| Punjabi | Patient Brochure | Download | |
| Română (Romanian) | Brosura pacient | rezoluţie mică | de înaltă rezoluţie |
| Русский (Russian) | Брошюра пациента | скачать | |
| Swedish | Patient Brochure | Download | |
| Tagalog | Patient Brochure | Download | |
| Telugu | Patient Brochure | Download | |
| Tamil | Patient Brochure | Download | |
Additionally we have created a video based off the brochure that may also be useful.
Policy documents related to organ trafficking
Articles Related to Organ Trafficking
Additional Resources
The Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 9 July 2014. The adoption of the Convention represents a historical milestone in the fight against organ trafficking. It is the first legal document that provides an internationally agreed upon definition of trafficking in human organs, identifying the activities that ratifying States must criminalize in their national laws.
Like other criminal law instruments, the Convention also includes provisions to deter these practices and to protect victims. This instrument complements the existing international legal framework against trafficking in human beings (including for the purpose of the removal of organs), which does not reach some transplant related crimes and many of the actors, such as surgeons, whose involvement lies at the heart of the criminal activity.
Fourteen countries have already signed the Convention: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. This signifies their intention to ratify it, which will bind them legally to incorporate its provisions into their domestic law. The Convention, which was conceived to have a global scope, is open for signature and ratification not only by Council of Europe member or observer countries but by any State in the world, and several have already indicated that they are considering acceding to the Convention, as have additional COE member States.
More information about the Convention can be found in the media and journal articles below.
Policy on Meeting Content
Policy on Meeting Content for Use by Organizations that Have Endorsed The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism
The following recommendations are based on practical experience obtained during the preparation of the academic content of meetings sponsored or supported by The Transplantation Society. These recommendations do not intend to prevent academic examination of controversial issues in organ transplantation. Rather, they aim simply aim to ensure that the organizations that have endorsed the Declaration of Istanbul do not confer academic prestige or professional acceptance on individuals or groups whose actual practices undermine the objectives of the Declaration of Istanbul or involve the use of organs or tissues from executed prisoners. The denial of approval to such individuals and groups seeks particularly to promote ethical and effective organ transplant practices in countries that are struggling to overcome organ trafficking and transplant tourism.
- All abstract submission forms should include a statement to the effect that: "The authors attest that (a) all data (clinical findings, description of clinical material, etc.) were derived from research and clinical activities carried out in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Istanbul and (b) executed prisoners were not the source of organs or tissues in any of the activities reported."
- Abstract reviewers should be instructed to pay particular attention to submissions from countries designated by the World Health Organization as organ trafficking "hotspots."
- Abstracts that raise concern should be "tagged" and reviewed by the meeting's program planners. The authors of tagged abstracts should be notified of the questions raised concerning their submissions and should be asked to respond to the questions and to confirm that the activities reported were carried out consistently with the Declaration of Istanbul. Should the response received from the authors be unsatisfactory (or absent), the abstract should be rejected.
- The restrictions applicable to authors of abstracts should also be applied to invited speakers. The simplest means of conveying the expectation that such speakers will not present data from activities that are inconsistent with the principles of the Declaration of Istanbul is to ask each speaker to include the statement in Point 1 in his or her acceptance letter. Further, program planners should not invite any person known to have engaged in activities that are inconsistent with the Principles of the Declaration of Istanbul or that rely on organs or tissues from executed prisoners to address the meeting (other than to participate in a discussion of the merits of the Declaration or a comparable issue) unless such person has provided credible assurance that he or she no longer engages in such activities.