Webinar Events

Organ trafficking, forced organ harvesting and unethical organ transplantation is a global issue. Global Rights Compliance has published a ‘world first’ Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance, “Do No Harm: Mitigating Human Rights Risks when Interacting with International Medical Institutions & Professionals in Transplantation Medicine”.

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Uncovering Organ Harvesting in China – The Chilling Implications of Mass DNA Testing in Tibet. A Conversation with Ethan Gutmann

Presented by the Foundation for Non-Violent Alternatives

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on May 9: “We’re concerned by reports of the spread of mass DNA collection to Tibet as an additional form of control and surveillance over the Tibetan population.”

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Organ trafficking, forced organ harvesting, and unethical organ transplantation are global issues. Join us for a presentation by Wayne Jordash KC followed by a panel discussion where we will explore the risks of international collaborations in transplant medicine, research, and training and the hard and soft law obligations that govern those partnerships. Our panel highlights high risk countries such as China, provides practical advice for mitigating risk, outlines circumstances where disengagement may be required, and covers strategies to protect human rights in organ transplantation.

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China: Execution by Organ Removal

Presented by: Monash University, Capital Punishment Justice Project

Online seminar discussing the publication “Execution by organ procurement: Breaching the dead donor rule in China” with lead author Matthew Robertson, a study that explored the role of surgeons in the execution of prisoners and found strong evidence that surgeons in China have participated in the execution of prisoners by organ removal. This discussion was followed by the Capital Punishment Justice Project shedding light on their advocacy on the topic of death penalty in China.

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On Thursday, April 7th, VOC and ETAC co-hosted an online event with top China experts Matthew Robertson and Dr Jacob Lavee who presented on their groundbreaking paper published in the American Journal of Transplantation.

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25th Feburary 2022: ETAC’s UK Manager Victoria Ledwidge presented at the Human Trafficking Foundations’s webinar Human Trafficking Through An International Lens.

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During the Hudson Institute’s “Olympics Boycott Series,” Nina Shea, director of Hudson’s Center for religious freedom, sat down with David Kilgour and David Matas to discuss their research on the Chinese government’s horrifying practice of organ harvesting.Mr. Kilgour and Mr. Matas began writing about organ harvesting in China in their 2006 groundbreaking report, “Bloody Harvest.” Working with journalist Ethan Gutmann, they have continually updated their research over the past 15 years through several reports, a book, public testimony, and on their website.

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Sir Geoffrey Nice QC (China Tribunal Chair) speaks at 2020 Ministerial Side Event

A lecture by Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC and Professor Martin Elliott – reporting on the findings of “The Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China”

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