• The Parliamentary Assembly is starting to debate surrogacy. This petition will be officially presented to the President of the Assembly and will play a decisive role in the discussions.
  • The European Court will rule on several cases involving surrogacy in the coming months.
  • The Committee of Ministers has the authority to undertake negotiations on a new European convention or an additional protocol to an existing convention to condemn this practice effectively.

The Council of Europe, based in Strasbourg, has 47 European member states, many of which tolerate or accept surrogacy. Its mission is to safeguard democracy, the rule of law and human rights in Europe. It is composed of three principal institutions: the “Committee of Ministers”, at the heart of which governments negotiate treaties; the “Parliamentary Assembly” which adopts political texts, and the “European Court of Human Rights”, which monitors compliance by States of the European Convention on Human Rights.