The Faculty of Law organised a paper focused on surrogacy last Monday, 18 November, within the framework of its conference series. There were speeches at the event by Oliva Maurel, spokesperson for the Declaration of Casablanca, who shared her testimony as a person born from surrogacy, and Faculty lecturer and expert in surrogacy, Carmen María Lázaro, who explained the mission of the institution she is a member of: “We met researchers, doctors, lawyers and other professionals, all concerned about this global market that moved 14 billion dollars last year,” said the lawyer.

The Casablanca Declaration was signed in Morocco in March of 2023 by 100 experts from 75 nationalities, advocating “the global abolition” of this practice. Since then, Maurel has given her testimony  as spokesperson for the institution in the European Parliament, at the UN and also at the Croatian and Czech parliaments. “When she became aware that she was born from a surrogate pregnancy, she considered that her goal was to fight for the rights of children,” explained Lázaro in her presentation, adding “any person speaking about personal experience has authority, because they know what they are talking about.”

The Faculty of Law lecture series is one of the activities organised by the Faculty to complement the training of its students, teachers and researchers, to encourage dialogue with different experts on topics of current relevance or interest to the university community.