Do No Harm: Legal Advisory & Policy Guidance

LEGAL ADVISORY REPORT & POLICY GUIDANCE – Do No Harm: Mitigating Human Rights Risks when Interacting with International Medical Institutions & Professionals in Transplantation Medicine.

Organ trafficking, forced organ harvesting and unethical organ transplantation is a global issue. Global Rights Compliance has published a ‘world’s first’ Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance, Do No Harm: Mitigating Human Rights Risks when Interacting with International Medical Institutions & Professionals in Transplantation Medicine.

The Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance explores the risks of international collaborations in transplant medicine, research and training and the hard and soft law obligations that govern those partnerships. It also highlights high risk countries such as China, and provides practical advice for mitigating risks and outlines circumstances where disengagement may be required.

This Advisory includes information relevant to a range of stakeholders including hospitals, universities, professional societies, medical journals, independent professional bodies, medical schools and associated medical professionals in the field of organ transplantation. It will also be of interest to lawyers, ethicists, think tanks and policy makers.

VIEW AND DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENTS HERE (click on the images below)

LAUNCH EVENTS: Co-sponsored by the British Medical Association The launch events included a short presentation of the findings of the Advisory by Wayne Jordash QC, followed by a panel discussion with experts from clinical transplantation practice, medical journals and medical associations.

EVENT 1 – Aust/UK/Europe time zone

Panel:

Wayne Jordash QC – International Human Rights Barrister and Managing Partner and Founder of Global Rights Compliance
Dr Julian Sheather – Special Adviser in Ethics and Human Rights, British Medical Association
Dr Martin Elliott MD FRCS – Previous Medial Director & Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Great Ormond Hospital and member of China Tribunal
Dr Robin James Storer – Co-editor, Asian Biomedicine
Lara Strangways (Event Moderator) – Head of Business and Human Rights, Global Rights Compliance

EVENT 2 – USA/Canada/UK/Europe time zone

Panel:

Wayne Jordash QC – International Human Rights Barrister and Managing Partner and Founder of Global Rights Compliance
Dr Julian Sheather – Special Adviser in Ethics and Human Rights, British Medical Association
Dr Martin Elliott MD FRCS – Previous Medial Director & Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Great Ormond Hospital and member of China Tribunal
Dr Joerg Heber – Research Integrity Officer of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and former PLOS ONE’s Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Director
Dr Cécile Bensimon – Director of Ethics and Professional Affairs at the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
Lara Strangways (Event Moderator) – Head of Business and Human Rights, Global Rights Compliance