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<p>The United Kingdom formally signed the Council of Europe Convention on Organ Trafficking
on 25 March 2015 and has legislation in place to ensure consent is always provided
to prevent organ trafficking. The Government also supports the 2008 Declaration of
Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, which encourages all countries
to draw up legal and professional frameworks to govern organ donation and transplantation
activities.</p><p> </p><p>When the UK signed the convention, it did so on the basis
that it reserved the right not to apply the jurisdiction rules laid down in paragraph
1.d and e of Article 10 of the convention. There are no current plans to ratify the
convention.</p>
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