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## Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking…

SR 0.810.3 — Council of Europe Convention of 25 March 2015 against Trafficking in Human Organs.

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English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. English consolidation of 11 August 2025, which is also the date of the current binding text.

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## Preamble

Preamble The member States of the Council of Europe and the other signatories to this Convention; Bearing in mind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, and the Convention of 4 November 1950 for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950, ETS No. 5); Bearing in mind the Convention of 4 April 1997 for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (1997, ETS No. 164) and the Additional Protocol of 24 January 2002 to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin (2002, ETS No. 186); Bearing in mind the Protocol of 15 November 2000 to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (2000) and the Council

SR 0.101 SR 0.810.2 SR 0.810.22 SR 0.311.542 SR 0.311.543

## In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed this Convention.

Done in Santiago de Compostela, this 25th day of March 2015, in English and in French, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified copies to each member State of the Council of Europe, to the non-member States which enjoy observer status with the Council of Europe, to the European Union and to any State invited to sign this Convention. (Signatures follow)

## Contents

1\. Purposes, Scope and Use of Terms — 3 articles 2. Substantive Criminal Law — 11 articles 3. Criminal Procedural Law — 3 articles 4. Protection Measures — 3 articles 5. Prevention Measures — 2 articles 6. Follow-Up Mechanism — 3 articles 7. Relationship with Other International Instruments — 1 article 8. Amendments to the Convention — 1 article 9. Final Clauses — 6 articles

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