title: A human rights approach to human trafficking for organ removal.
abstract: Human trafficking for organ removal (HTOR) should not be reduced to a problem of supply and demand of organs for transplantation, a problem of organized crime and criminal justice, or a problem of voiceless, abandoned victims. Rather, HTOR is at once an egregious human rights abuse and a form of human trafficking. As such, it demands a human-rights based approach in analysis and response to this problem, placing the victim at the center of initiatives to combat this phenomenon. Such an approach requires us to consider how various measures impact or disregard victims/potential victims of HTOR and gives us tools to better advocate their interests, rights and freedoms.
authors.affiliation: Coalition for Organ Failure Solutions (COFS), Bethesda, MD, USA, debra@cofs.org.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Budiani-Saberi
authors.forename: Seán
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Columb
mesh_terms: D006806:Human Rights; D064410:Human Trafficking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D064877:Organ Trafficking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014944:World Health Organization