Trafficking in Organs, Tissues and Cells and Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of the Removal of Organs

By Arthur Caplan, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, Rafael Matesanz and Carmen Prior

Trafficking in human beings is a real and growing problem all over the world. Human beings are bought and sold as a commodity. The criminals responsible for these massive violations of human rights and the rule of law are buying and selling human beings for different reasons, but the trafficking for the purpose of the removal of organs is clearly one of its most abhorrent forms. In spite of that, this form of trafficking has been relatively unknown and insufficiently researched.

Strasbourg Cedex: Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe and the United Nations, 2009. 103p.