United States Bill to Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Passed in the House Click HERE for the latest press release. This is an update to the previous release. Washington, March 27th, 2023: The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed (413-2) legislation—HR 1154—authored by Rep. Chris Smith, Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, to combat…
ETAC welcomes the progress of the bipartisan Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Bill in the United States. Below is the press release issued by Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) about the bill. The latest version of this release may be viewed at: https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=411235 WASHINGTON—Bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on…
Legislation in South Korean – with Law Professor, HeeTae Suk ETAC’s South Korean Manager spoke briefly with Professor HeeTae Suk, regarding the recent amendment to the Korean Internal Organs Transplant Act requiring the reporting of any organ trasnplant obtained outside of South Korea. Professor HeeTae Suk is a Professor of Law and Invited Chair Professor…
Missouri House of Representatives Resolution SCR 28 condemns the atrocity of forced organ extractions from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience in China. The resolution also “Call(s) upon the President of the United States to undertake a full and transparent investigation by the United States Department of State into organ transplant practices in…
BY NICOLAS STRÖMBÄCK On June 8th of 2017 the Government of Norway (Stortinget) updated the national transplant law i.a. regarding commercial use of illegally transplanted organs to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs (Treaty No. 216). Among the changes made are a clear statement that the law now…