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Background & Mission
Background
The work of the Council of Europe in the area of organ transplantation started in the 1950's. The responsible committee is the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO).
The following principles guide its work:
- ensuring human dignity;
- the maintenance and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
- the non-commercialisation of substances of human origin;
- the protection of donors and recipients.
Mission
With these principles in mind, the Committee focuses on elaborating and promoting the principle of non-commercialisation of organ donation, strengthening measures to avoid organ trafficking and, 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
For more information, go to the Blood Transfusion & Organ Transplantation Guides section. To order this publication, go to the Council of Europe's Online Bookshop.
Newsletter Transplant
Newsletter Transplant Vol. 14 No. 1, Sept. 2009
Newsletter Transplant Vol. 13, No 1 Sept. 2008
Previous issues can be found on the Download section.
Additional Information & Documentation
The Declaration of Istanbul: At its last meeting in October 2008 the CD-P-TO officially endorsed the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism. The Declaration was finalised during 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.
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.
Lancet Commentary on the Declaration of Istanbul
General Information Organ Transplantation Activities (English & French)
Organ Transplantation Activities Factsheet
Related Links
Council of Europe - Bioethics
European Commission - DG For Health & Consumers (DG SANCO)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
European Association of Tissue Banks (EATB)
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