Criminal Law Means of Counteracting Illegal Trafficking in Human Organs and Tissues

Andrey Anatolyevich Kochin, Vera Ivanovna Kovalenko

2021

Abstract

The article examines the legal regime of human organs and tissues in Russia and the problems of criminal law support for countering the illegal trafficking in donor organs. The authors’ goal is to research the problems of law enforcement in the transplant industry and to develop criminal justice response to the illegal trafficking in donor organs. The tasks of the research include the study of international and foreign experience in countering the illegal trafficking in donor organs, an analysis of the legal regime for the trafficking in donor organs and the problems of domestic law enforcement practice to detect and counteract their illicit trafficking, negotiation of legal gaps and the relevance of the criminalization of offences related to the illegal trafficking in human organs and tissues. The authors drew on the comparative legal method of research on international and domestic legislation, materials of domestic law enforcement practice, expert reviews of the legal regulation problems and prevention of illegal practices with donor organs. The novelty is characterized by the criminal law provisions proposed by the authors on liability for offences related to illegal transplantation practices.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kochin A. and Kovalenko V. (2021). Criminal Law Means of Counteracting Illegal Trafficking in Human Organs and Tissues. In Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA, ISBN 978-989-758-532-6, pages 21-26. DOI: 10.5220/0010627200003152

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closa21,
author={Andrey Anatolyevich Kochin and Vera Ivanovna Kovalenko},
title={Criminal Law Means of Counteracting Illegal Trafficking in Human Organs and Tissues},
booktitle={Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA,},
year={2021},
pages={21-26},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010627200003152},
isbn={978-989-758-532-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the VII International Scientific-Practical Conference “Criminal Law and Operative Search Activities: Problems of Legislation, Science and Practice” - Volume 1: CLOSA,
TI - Criminal Law Means of Counteracting Illegal Trafficking in Human Organs and Tissues
SN - 978-989-758-532-6
AU - Kochin A.
AU - Kovalenko V.
PY - 2021
SP - 21
EP - 26
DO - 10.5220/0010627200003152