irector, International Reference Centre for the Rights of Children deprived of their Family (IRC)
Topic: Recognising substantial gaps in legal and practical protections for children born through surrogacy, ISS engaged in an extensive consultation process leading to the development of international guiding principles known as "The Verona Principles" (March 2021), available at: https://iss-ssi.org/surrogacy/. Despite various legislative efforts, children and other involved parties continue to face risks of exploitation and rights violations. Within a multifaceted project, ISS aims to conduct research on current surrogacy trends (national and global scale), and remaining challenges for children’s rights. This research, as an integral component of the project, will inform the latter’s priorities and implementation.
Tasks: The researcher would conduct qualitative research aimed at understanding current and future surrogacy trends, with the objective to gather further data on laws/policies, and in general practices on international and domestic surrogacy in its various forms. The researcher is asked to adopt a child-rights-approach within the wider human rights framework.
Requirements: A master’s student, PhD Student, research assistant or professor with a background in children’s rights, private international law and/or international human rights law. Dynamic professional who thrives to work within a team of multilingual child rights specialists from different backgrounds.
