Surrogacy and surrogacy law in the Hague

The Hague Conference on Private International Law has produced a document on surrogacy:
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW ISSUES SURROUNDING THE STATUS OF CHILDREN, INCLUDING ISSUES ARISING FROM INTERNATIONAL SURROGACY ARRANGEMENTS

There's a meeting on the subject this week:

International Forum on Intercountry Adoption & Global Surrogacy

11-13 August 2014

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The plenary sessions will be broadcast live via the ISS livestream facility

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About

The International Forum on Intercountry Adoption & Global Surrogacy  intends to provide an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to come together to provide an evidence base for international adoption and surrogacy problems and/or best practices that might inform Hague Convention policymakers and HCIA Central Authorities. Crosscutting themes will thus reflect topics pertinent to the special commission.

More background information on the Forum

Participants

Forum participants will include scholars and activists working in the field of international adoption and surrogacy.

List of confirmed participants

Keynote Speakers

	Norma Cruz Human rights defender for mothers and their children abducted into international adoption Founder of the Survivors Foundation, Guatemala 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Winner of US State Department's 2009 International Woman of Courage Award
	Hans van Loon Former Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (1996-2013) who initiated and laid the groundwork for the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
	Deepa Venkatachalam Director of the Sama-Resource Group for Women and Health.  Specialist in the social, medical, ethical and economic implications of inter country adoption and surrogacy for women and for society as a whole.

Here's a skeptical article from Al Jazeera: Offshore babies: The murky world of transnational surrogacy