Australia, New Zealand and Transplant Abuse in China (Revised remarks prepared for a Parliamentary briefing in Canberra, November 23, 2022, and Adelaide, South Australia November 29, 2022 and a public forum in Auckland, New Zealand, December 1, 2022) by David Matas I. Introduction One reason, though far from the only, that I and…
DetailsOrgan Transplant Abuse in China and Legal Responses (Remarks prepared for delivery to the World Congress for Medical Law, Gold Coast, Australia, December 7th, 2022) by David Matas The Congress theme for the papers presented today is medicine and technology. The technology I wish to address is the technology of organ transplantation. The…
DetailsActing Against Transplant Abuse in China (Remarks prepared for a Parliamentary briefing Canberra, Australia November 23, 2022) by David Matas Thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak to you today about transplant abuse in China. I have been working on this issue now for more than sixteen years, and have met before…
DetailsCanadian Bill S-223 Combatting Organ Trafficking Unanimously Passes into Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs) has now passed into law. This enactment amends the Criminal Code to create new offences in relation to trafficking in human organs. It also amends the…
DetailsETAC Australia: Submission to the Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) VIEW/DOWNLOAD FULL SUBMISSION HERE EXCERPTS FROM THE SUBMISSION “Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) 6. ETAC welcomes the Review of Australis’s Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Review). 7. The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (Act) requires that a…
DetailsAmendment 91 to UK Procurement Bill Agreed – Combatting Forced Organ Harvesting Update to the Amendment to the Procurement Bill Moved in the UK House of Lords. 30th November 2022: The debate in the House of Lords concluded with Amendment 91 (forced organ harvesting) to the Procurement Bill defeating the Government, winning 191…
DetailsJiang Zemin – Leader of the Mass Killing of Innocents by David Matas Originally published in the Epoch Times – https://www.theepochtimes.com/jiang-zemin-leader-in-the-mass-killing-of-innocents_4896232.html The death of Jiang Zemin, former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), reminds us of the instrumental role he played in the mass killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs. That mass killing wouldn’t…
DetailsFormer Chinese Communist Party Leader Jiang Zemin Who First Issued the Order to Harvest Organs from Falun Gong Practitioners, Dies Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who is responsible for launching the brutal persecution against people who practice Falun Gong (Buddhist Qigong), has died. He was 96. Jiang Zemin, was the communist regime’s top leader from…
DetailsCongressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) 2022 Annual Report Includes Forced Organ Harvesting in China November 14th 2022 (WASHINGTON, DC): U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and U.S. Representative James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chair and Cochair of the bipartisan and bicameral CECC, issued the Commission’s 2022 Annual Report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments…
DetailsNew Amendment to Procurement Bill Moved in the UK House of Lords – Combatting Forced Organ Harvesting Procurement Bill – House of Lords committee stage amendment on forced organ harvesting. The amendment would block U.K. public contracts with companies that could be complicit in facilitating forced organ harvesting. “[The] amendment is designed to…
DetailsInnovation and Value: Organ Transplant Abuse in China (Remarks prepared for an International Academic Forum conference on arts, media and culture, Kyoto, Japan, October 20, 2022) By David Matas This paper is intended as a contribution to the International Academic Forum Innovation and Value Initiative. The approach of the Initiative, as described on the…
DetailsLegal Briefing Global Rights Compliance Advisory A Briefing for Legal Professionals with Wayne Jordash KC Do No Harm: Business and Human Rights in Transplantation Medicine A ‘World First’ Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance THURS, 13TH OCTOBER, 2022 Copresented by: Global Rights Compliance, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, University of Essex Human Rights…
DetailsPerspective Article published in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Transplant Ethics and Forced Organ Harvesting Click HERE to read the full article In this Perspective article, the authors comment on the recent statement from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) regarding transplant ethics. The article concludes that this…
DetailsThe Global Accountability Network’s Pacific Rim Accountability Project have just released an extensive white paper on the Uyghur situation in China. Titled A Multi-Generational Effort to Eliminate the Uyghurs: An Ongoing Genocide the paper draws attention to crimes committed against the Uyghur population in Xinjiang/East Turkestan, including forced organ harvesting. View and download the full…
DetailsETAC would like to congratulate Professor Wendy Rogers on receiving the International Association of Bioethics (IAB) 2022 Award for Bioethics Service in the Face of Challenges. Wendy is Chair of ETAC’s International Advisory Committee and has worked tirelessly to investigate and expose the forced organ harvesting atrocities happening in China today. (Scroll down to watch…
DetailsKilling prisoners for transplants: Forced organ harvesting in China The Conversation Click HERE to read full article on The Conversation website AUTHORS: Dr Ali Iqbal, Transplant Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University Dr Aliya Khan, Clinical professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University Organ…
DetailsInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Issues Policy Regarding Transplant Abuse in China Click HERE to read the full policy statement The ISHLT Policy Statement can also be found on their Standards & Guidelines section. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) issued a policy regarding transplant ethics and transplant…
DetailsETAC Joins 55 Organisations Urging for US Sanctions to Stop the Uyghur Genocide Click HERE to read the full joint civil society letter to the US Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State Dear Secretary Yellen and Secretary Blinken: We, the 56 undersigned organizations dedicated to human rights in China and to…
DetailsRoundtable Discussion: Forced Organ Harvesting from Living People – Past, Present, Future June 9th, 2022: A roundtable discussion on forced organ harvesting was held by Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting. During the discussion, Professor Martin Elliott commented that the recent Advisory published by Global Rights Compliance provides important guidance for medical institutions to take…
DetailsStatement on the 23rd anniversary of the Persecution of Falun Gong Read the statement on IPAC website HERE Today marks the solemn anniversary of the beginning of the Chinese government’s brutal campaign of persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. 23 years later, we remember all those in China who have been denied freedom of…
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