Background

The Committee of Experts on the Organisational Aspects of Co-operation in Organ Transplantation (SP-CTO) was set-up following the 3rd Conference of European Health Ministers in Paris in 1987 on the ethical, organisational and legislative aspects of organ transplantation. The conference considered that the organisational aspects of organ transplantation were particularly important in meeting the organ shortage and that European co-operation was needed to ensure an efficient organisation.

The established leading principles guiding the work of the Committee in this area are:

Ensuring the dignity of the human being
Maintenance and further realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Non-commercialisation of substances of human origin
Protection of donors and recipients

Our Missions

The Committee will focus on elaborating and promoting the principle of non-commercialisation of organ donation, strengthening measures to avoid organ trafficking and, in general, elaborating high ethical, quality and safety standards in the field of organ transplantation.

Products & Services

Guide to safety and quality assurance for organs, tissues and cells - 3rd edition & Addendum 2009 (2009)

If you would like to order this publication or to see a complete list of publications available, please go to the Council of Europe's Online Bookshop. For more information, please click HERE.

Council of Europe - Online Bookstore

Additional Information and Documentation

Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells

At its last meeting in October 2008 the CD-P-TO endorsed officially the Declaration of Istambul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism

The Declaration of Istanbul
Participants in the International Summit on Transplant Tourism and Organ Trafficking convened by The Transplantation Society and International Society of Nephrology in Istanbul, Turkey, April 30–May 2, 2008

Lancet Commentary - Declaration of Istanbul

General Information Organ Transplantation Activities (English/French)

Organ Transplantation Activities Factsheet

Resolutions

Resolution CM/Res(2008)6 on transplantation of kidneys from living donors who are not genetically related to the recipient
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 26 March 2008 at the 1022nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies

Resolution CM/Res(2008)4 on adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 12 March 2008 at the 1021st meeting of the Ministers Deputies

Resolution CM/Res(78) 29 on harmonisation of legislations of member states relating to removal, grafting and transplantation of human substances
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 May 1978 at the 287th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies

Council of Europe - Committee of Ministers adopted texts

Newsletter Transplant

NEW: Newsletter Transplant Vol. 14 No. 1, Sept. 2009

Newsletter Transplant Vol. 13, No 1 Sept. 2008

7 allée Kastner, CS 30026, F67081 Strasbourg, France - Tel. +33 (0)3 88 41 30 30 - Fax +33 (0)3 88 41 27 71
Created by 2exVia with MasterEdit®