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Thanks to recent progress in biotechnology, surrogacy, Transplantation of organs and tissues, blood products or stem-cell and gamete banks are now widely used throughout the world. These techniques improve the health and well-being of... more
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The advance of biotechnology facilitates extraction of " fresh " organs like kidneys from living people, and their transplantation to sick people. The transplant trade has expanded the options for life-saving treatment but it violates... more
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After four years of queuing on the Swedish list for transplant kidneys, Sam was tired of waiting – he went to Pakistan and bought a new kidney. But where did the new kidney come from? And was the donation of the organ he received really... more
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Convegno organizzato dall'"Osservatorio sui diritti umani: bioetica, salute, ambiente" in collaborazione con la Fondazione Scuola Medica Salernitana, Università degli Studi di Salerno, 18 maggio 2015 Keynote speaker: Dr. Carlo... more
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Trafficking in persons for organ removal is a crime and human rights violation that generally has gone undetected. Awareness of the crime is limited due to difficulty in confirming cases because of the challenge of identifying victims. As... more
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The purpose of this paper is to analyse several factors operating at a local level that contribute to the continuation of the global black market live kidney trade, which itself contests borders at a global level. I show how, although... more
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The 2009 arrest of supposed "fat-traffickers" in Huanuco, Peru resuscitated the pistacho rumor. Like organ stealing rumors, these pishtaco stories tend to arise in times of peace, but after a violent conflict. These rumors can be a kind... more
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Thanks to recent progress in biotechnology, surrogacy, Transplantation of organs and tissues, blood products or stem-cell and gamete banks are now widely used throughout the world. These techniques improve the health and well-being of... more
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After four years of queeing on the Swedish list for transplant kidneys, Sam was tired of waiting – he went to Pakistan and bought a new kidney. But where did the new kidney come from? And was the donation of the organ he received really... more
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Translated, "Gene Technology and the Public. An Interdisciplinary Perspective (eds Susanne Lundin & Malin Ideland), Nordic Academic Press, 2000.
Published in Japanese by Keisui (Japan), 2013
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The concept of state socialization has been fundamental to the analysis of international norm dynamics. I argue that the establishment and spread of international norms may require the socialization not only of states, but also of... more
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