List of declarations made with respect to treaty No. 186

Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin

Status as of: 20/5/2013

Switzerland :

Reservation contained in the instrument of ratification deposited on 10 November 2009 - Or. Fr.

Switzerland declares that Article 9 of the Protocol applies subject to Article 12 of the law of 8 October 2004 on transplantation, which does not provide for the principle of subsidiarity of a removal on a living person.
Period covered: 1/3/2010 -

The preceding statement concerns Article(s) : 9

Reservation contained in the instrument of ratification deposited on 10 November 2009 - Or. Fr.

Switzerland declares that Article 10 of the Protocol applies subject to Article 12 of the law of 8 October 2004 on transplantation, which does not require a close personal relationship between the donor and the recipient or, in the absence of such relationship, the approval of an independent body.
Period covered: 1/3/2010 -

The preceding statement concerns Article(s) : 10

Reservation contained in the instrument of ratification deposited on 10 November 2009 - Or. Fr.

Switzerland declares that Article 14, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph ii, of the Protocol is applicable subject to Article 13, paragraph 2, lit. d, of the law of 8 October 2004 on transplantation, which authorises, as an exception to the rule, the removal of tissues or cells which regenerate, also when the recipient is the father, the mother or a child of the donor.
Period covered: 1/3/2010 -

The preceding statement concerns Article(s) : 14

Source : Treaty Office on http://conventions.coe.int