The Status of Children Arising from Inter-Country Surrogacy Arrangements

Michael Wells-Greco

• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9789462744110
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

Through a comparative review of eight legal systems, this book examines the legal aspects of parenthood and nationality following inter-country surrogacy arrangements and the influence of European and international human rights law on the determination of parentage, the establishment of nationality, and the prevention of statelessness, as well as identity rights, continuation of relationship rights, and, more broadly, child protection. The research considers whether national laws on parenthood and the establishment of nationality sufficiently protect the interests of the surrogate-born child, as well as the parties to a surrogacy arrangement in accordance with identifiable standards under European and international human rights law. Soft law and hard law recommendations are provided to protect the interests of these children. Thesis. *** Librarians: ebook available [Subject: International Law, European Law, Human Rights Law, Family Law, Children's Law, Comparative Law]

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Abbreviations
• Glossary of key terms used in this research
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Mapping the policy issues
• 3 A comparative perspective
• 4 Surrogacy and human rights
• 5 The right to a nationality and the prevention of statelessness
• 6 Where to from here?
• Appendix 1 Human rights of particular significance to children
• Appendix 2 Human rights of particular significance to women
• Appendix 3 Summary responses to 1993 Hague Adoption Convention
• Appendix 4 Abstract
• Appendix 5 Bibliography and literature
• Appendix 6 Acknowledgments