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Casablanca Experts Speak at the European Parliament During a Major Conference on Surrogacy

Brussels, 19 November 2025   A day before International Children’s Rights Day, a major conference entitled “Surrogacy: An Ethical and Political Challenge for Europe” was held today at the European Parliament, bringing together Members of the European Parliament, international experts,…

The Casablanca Declaration Sends a Contribution to UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children 

The Casablanca Declaration sends a contribution to Ms. Mama Fatima Singhateh, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children (see the contribution HERE). The previous UN Rapporteur has already recognised that surrogacy most often corresponds to child sale under international…

 A Historic Turning Point: The UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the Global Abolition of Surrogacy

New York – October 10, 2025. At the UN, Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, calls for the universal abolition of surrogacy: a historic turning point for women’s and children’s rights. The United Nations Special…

The Health Commission of the Asamblea Nacional of Ecuador Recognizes the Practice of Surrogacy as Violence against Women

On 25 September 2025, the Commission on the Right to Health of the Asamblea Nacional approved the report for the first debate of the bill “Ley de Reproducción Humana Asistida”. This bill was initially proposed to allow surrogacy. With the…

Casablanca’s Involvement in Protecting Women and Children in Ecuador

A bill proposed in Ecuador by the Ombudsman provides for the regulation of medically assisted reproduction, in which surrogacy is permitted. Bernard Garcia, a Franco-Chilean doctor of law and executive director of the Casablanca Declaration, was invited by the NGO…

The United Nations Recognizes Surrogacy as Violence and Calls for its Universal Abolition  

(Français ci-dessous) Paris  The Casablanca Declaration welcomes the report presented on 14 July 2025 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Ms. Reem Alsalem, which marks a historic breakthrough in the fight against surrogacy (see the…