{"id":20081,"date":"2026-05-18T11:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/declaration-surrogacy-casablanca.org\/?p=20081"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:22:28","slug":"argentine-judge-prosecutes-a-surrogacy-clinic-for-acts-assimilated-to-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/declaration-surrogacy-casablanca.org\/fr\/argentine-judge-prosecutes-a-surrogacy-clinic-for-acts-assimilated-to-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine judge prosecutes a surrogacy clinic for acts assimilated to human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 18, 2026 (French below)<\/em><\/p>\n

On May 18, 2026, the Federal Court No. 2 of C\u00f3rdoba in Argentina issued a first-instance resolution ordering the prosecution of the director of the Fecundart clinic, Jos\u00e9 Antonio P\u00e9rez Alzaa, intermediary Paula Mariana Liendo and lawyer Nicol\u00e1s Gigena for the exploitation of vulnerable women in connection with surrogacy practices.<\/p>\n

The prosecution had been initiated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office following acts committed between 2020 and 2023 by the Fecundart and Nascentis fertility clinics located in C\u00f3rdoba.<\/p>\n

The prosecution was ordered only against the professionals at Fecundart: federal judge Alejandro S\u00e1nchez Freytes condemned their surrogacy practices as expressly violating respect for surrogate mothers, which he explicitly likened to human trafficking.<\/p>\n

Indeed, under the guise of a supposedly voluntary and altruistic practice, women were subjected to forms of exploitation, disregarding all precaution and safety, particularly for their health. The Fecundart clinic exploited these women by taking advantage of their vulnerable situation, particularly their economic one.\u00a0 It recruited women by relying on egg donor databases and identifying the most financially vulnerable.\u00a0 Furthermore, lawyer Nicol\u00e1s Gigena attempted to reschedule a surrogacy just 45 days after the previous birth, disregarding all medical caution. As a result, the judge described these acts as \u201chuman trafficking aggravated by the abuse of a situation of vulnerability\u201d (disposition IX of the decision, p 287).<\/p>\n

This decision is not final. It only opens the way for the trial itself. However, the Casablanca Declaration welcomes the recognition made in Argentina of a connection between surrogacy and human trafficking.<\/p>\n

At a time when the European Union has included the \u201cexploitation of surrogacy, forced marriage and illegal adoption\u201d into the list of minimum forms of trafficking covered by the European directive on human trafficking, and when the\u00a0 UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has also urged States to \u201cstrengthen international cooperation efforts aimed at detecting, preventing and responding to cases of human rights violations associated with surrogacy, including cases of trafficking in women and children\u201d (https:\/\/docs.un.org\/fr\/A\/80\/158, \u00a7 70, d), the Casablanca Declaration welcomes this growing awareness, paving the way for the universal abolition of the practice.<\/p>\n

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Un juge argentin engage des poursuites contre une clinique de GPA\u00a0 pour des faits assimil\u00e9s \u00e0 la traite d\u2019\u00eatres humains<\/strong><\/h3>\n

18 mai 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Le 18 mai 2026, le tribunal f\u00e9d\u00e9ral n\u00b02 de C\u00f3rdoba en Argentine a rendu, en premi\u00e8re instance, une r\u00e9solution tendant \u00e0 ordonner la poursuite du directeur de la clinique Fecundart, Jos\u00e9 Antonio P\u00e9rez Alzaa, de l’interm\u00e9diaire Paula Mariana Liendo et de l’avocat Nicol\u00e1s Gigena pour exploitation de femmes vuln\u00e9rables dans le cadre de pratiques de gestation pour autrui.<\/p>\n

Les poursuites avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9es par le minist\u00e8re public \u00e0 la suite de faits commis entre 2020 et 2023 par les cliniques de fertilit\u00e9 Fecundart et Nascentis situ\u00e9es \u00e0 Cordoba.<\/p>\n

Les poursuites sont seulement ordonn\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019encontre des professionnels de Fecundart\u00a0: le juge f\u00e9d\u00e9ral Alejandro S\u00e1nchez Freytes a condamn\u00e9 leurs pratiques de gestation pour autrui portant express\u00e9ment atteinte au respect des m\u00e8res porteuses, qu\u2019il a explicitement assimil\u00e9es \u00e0 de la traite d\u2019\u00eatres humains.<\/p>\n

En effet, sous couvert d\u2019une pratique pr\u00e9tendument volontaire et altruiste, y \u00e9taient mises en \u0153uvre des pratiques d\u2019exploitation de femmes au m\u00e9pris de toute prudence et de toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9, en particulier pour leur sant\u00e9. La clinique Fecundart a exploit\u00e9 ces femmes en tirant profit de leur situation de vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9, notamment \u00e9conomique. Elle a recrut\u00e9 les femmes en s\u2019appuyant sur les bases de donneuses d\u2019ovules et en identifiant les plus vuln\u00e9rables financi\u00e8rement. D\u2019autre part, l\u2019avocat Nicol\u00e1s Gigena a tent\u00e9 de reprogrammer une nouvelle gestation pour autrui 45 jours seulement apr\u00e8s une naissance, au d\u00e9triment de toute prudence m\u00e9dicale. Et c\u2019est ce que le juge a qualifi\u00e9 de \u00ab traite des \u00eatres humains aggrav\u00e9e par l\u2019abus d\u2019une situation de vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 \u00bb (dispositif IX de la d\u00e9cision, p 287).<\/p>\n

Cette d\u00e9cision n\u2019est pas d\u00e9finitive. Elle ne fait qu\u2019ouvrir le proc\u00e8s lui-m\u00eame. N\u00e9anmoins la d\u00e9claration de Casablanca se r\u00e9jouit se r\u00e9jouit de ce lien fait en Argentine entre GPA et traite des \u00eatres humains.<\/p>\n

Alors que l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne a introduit l\u2019 \u00ab\u00a0exploitation de la GPA, du mariage forc\u00e9 et de l\u2019adoption ill\u00e9gale\u00a0\u00bb dans la liste des cas minimum de traite vis\u00e9 par la directive europ\u00e9enne sur la traite humaine, et que la Rapporteuse sp\u00e9ciale ONU sur les violences contre les femmes et les filles a elle aussi invit\u00e9 les \u00c9tats \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0renforcer les efforts de coop\u00e9ration internationale visant \u00e0 d\u00e9tecter, \u00e0 pr\u00e9venir et \u00e0 prendre en charge les cas de violation des droits humains associ\u00e9s \u00e0 la gestation pour autrui, dont les cas de traite de femmes et d\u2019enfants\u00a0\u00bb (https:\/\/docs.un.org\/fr\/A\/80\/158<\/a>, \u00a7 70, d), la D\u00e9claration de Casablanca salue la prise de conscience \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019abolition universelle de la pratique.<\/p>\n

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