Declaration of Casablanca
For the universal abolition of surrogacy

While few countries in the world have legalised surrogacy, all are concerned because women are asked to be surrogate mothers or because their nationals travel abroad to have a child through surrogacy. 

Faced with this global challenge, the Declaration of Casablanca for the universal abolition of surrogacy, signed by experts from all around the world, calls on governments to move beyond resignation, condemn surrogacy,  take concrete measures to put an end to this trade and, especially, commit to an international Convention to promote a global context of refusal of surrogacy, likely to draw many countries into this virtuous wake.

The “Casablanca Declaration” is thus an international group of experts, researchers and practitioners, lawyers, doctors, psychologists : working for a long time on the subject of surrogacy, they address together States and international organizations to put at their disposal their multidisciplinary and international expertise to support, encourage, instigate political, legal and diplomatic steps with a view to the abolition of surrogacy in the world and, in particular, the adoption of an international Convention for the universal abolition of surrogacy.

Expertise

Casablanca Declaration produce and disseminate international, multidisciplinary expertise, in order to inform public decision-makers, professionals and the general public about the reality of surrogacy.

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International group of surrogacy researchers discusses draft legislation to abolish surrogacy in Chile

31 January 2025 In the context of the debate on this practice in Chile, and in view of the recent presentation of a bill that

The Casablanca Declaration sends two reports to Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls 

Press release 31 January 2025 The first contribution warns once again of the emergence and development of a new form of violence based on the

Casablanca 2023

The Declaration and the proposal for an international Convention have been made public during an expert seminar on March 3 in Casablanca, Marocco.

Rome 2024

The International Conference for the Universal Abolition of surrogacy was held in Rome on 5th and 6th April 2024, with the aim of being a decisive step towards  the advent of an international treaty.

Our team

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Olivia Maurel

Declaration spokesperson, born from surrogacy

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Bernard Garcia

Coordinator, Doctor in law

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The signatories

of the Declaration of Casablanca