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Cross-border Gestational Surrogacy in Japan and the Spectre of Statelessness

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Author: P. Balazo

Journal / Publisher: Statelessness Working Paper Series

Volume / issue: 2017/05

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Description: Taking the practice of cross-border gestational surrogacy in Japan as its focus, this paper explores how this assisted reproductive technology may render children born through this method of reproduction to be at an increased risk of statelessness. Japan’s de facto prohibition on gestational surrogacy compels many to pursue cross-border surrogacy arrangements, but because Japanese laws on maternity and paternity have not kept pace with advances in biomedical technology, children who have no control over the circumstances of their birth are left with an uncertain legal status upon arrival in their intended home country of Japan. Fortunately, Japan is well-positioned to address this issue, and through the establishment a domestic regulatory framework, Japan could reduce and prevent cross-border surrogacy-related statelessness before the numbers of children affected begin to swell.

Type of resource

Academic publication

Source

NGO : ISI

Region

Asia / Pacific

Country

Japan

Theme

Children

Date published: Dec 1, 2017

Source URL: Direct Link

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