Surrogacy: a global problem. Situation within the framework of the European Union, the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Abstract

 Following the emergence of surrogacy as a transnational practice, both the European community and private international law institutions begin to question the problems posed by its practice at the global level, resulting in a multitude of studies generated by these institutions for the purpose of to consider their legality and on the other to solve the abuses that women and children generate in this practice. They emphasize the contributions of the Hague Conference of Private International Law, which is carrying out work in order to create a multilateral agreement between states that creates bridges between them in order to avoid the inconveniences that the surrogacy generates and, on the other hand, the involvement of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the matter, which urges states to clearly define their position on this situation and to take measures for the protection of children born through this practice by trying to avoid Trafficking in children as a result of it.