Alignment of Brazil to convention 216: trafficking in human organs, under a comparative public law perspective between european union and Brazil

Abstract

The question of “the commodification of the humanbody”, and its subsequente treatment as asaleable commodity, has increasing lybrought the attention of there searchers from diferente fields (Sociology, Ethics, Nursey, Medical and Law) during last years. Onthispaper, the authors presentan overview about these challenges on the European Comunity (EU) - Brazil Law perspective. Irrespective of the ban on making the human body or its parts “a source of financial gain” is embodied in the main Constitutional legal systems. For instance: The Brazilian and the European aims of analysis. The research legal systems. For instance: The Brazilian and the European aims of analysis. The research analyses some borderline questions where amalgamated policy options and publics morals on ethical grounds, are far from being resolved to other aspects such as the “transplant tourism” and therapeutic obstinacy and surrogate motherhood involving experimental therapies, on Brazil-EU perspectives

Keywords

• Commodification of the human body; comparative methodology; CoE