Preventing, Combating and Punishing Trafficking in Human Organs

A/RES/59/156View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 96 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2005.

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7 subjects

Extrabudgetary Financing Illicit Traffic Information Exchange Organ Transplantation Punishment Report Preparation Research

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4 operative paragraphs

Urges Member States, should they ascertain that such a phenomenon exists in their country, to adopt the necessary measures to prevent, combat and punish the illicit removal of and trafficking in human organs;

Encourages Member States to exchange experience in and information on preventing, combating and punishing the illicit removal of and trafficking in human organs;

Requests the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to pay attention to the issue of the illicit removal of and trafficking in human organs;

Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the States and organizations concerned and subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, to prepare a study on the extent of the phenomenon of trafficking in human organs for submission to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its fifteenth session.

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