Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking…
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Art. 1 Purposes
1 The purposes of this Convention are: a. to prevent and combat the trafficking in human organs by providing for the criminalisation of certain acts; b. to protect the rights of victims of the offences established in accordance with this Convention; c. to facilitate co-operation at national and international levels on action against the trafficking in human organs. 2 In order to ensure effective implementation of its provisions by the Parties, this Convention sets up a specific follow-up mechanism.
Art. 2 Scope and use of terms
This Convention applies to the trafficking in human organs for purposes of transplantation or other purposes, and to other forms of illicit removal and of illicit implantation. For the purposes of this Convention, the term: – “trafficking in human organs” shall mean any illicit activity in respect of human organs as prescribed in Article 4 paragraph 1 and Articles 5, 7, 8 and 9 of this Convention; – “human organ” shall mean a differentiated part of the human body, formed by different tissues, that maintains its structure, vascularisation and capacity to develop physiological functions with a significant level of autonomy. A part of an organ is also considered to be an organ if its function is to be used for the same purpose as the entire organ in the human body, maintaining the requirements of structure and vascularisation.
Art. 3 Principle of non-discrimination
The implementation of the provisions of this Convention by the Parties, in particular the enjoyment of measures to protect the rights of victims, shall be secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, age, religion, political or any other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth, sexual orientation, state of health, disability or other status.