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II Reproductive Law International Congress
“Human Reproductive Rights in New Realities”
26–27 June 2020 · Online (Zoom)
Organisers
Association “All-Ukrainian Foundation for Organizational and Legal Support of ART Programs”, Center for Medical and Reproductive Law
Partners
Committee on Medical and Pharmaceutical Law and Bioethics of the Ukrainian National Bar Association, Ukrainian Medical Tourism Association
Working languages
Ukrainian, English, Russian
Programme
4 sessions, more than 20 speakers and experts, a workshop and panel discussions

Programme
Congress programme
Based on the updated programme of the II Congress (June 2020).
26 June, Friday
Session 1
Legal regulation of human assisted reproduction: new challenges
Moderator: Sergii Antonov
Iryna Seniuta
Ukraine
Strategy for the legislative safeguarding of reproductive rights and the use of assisted reproductive technologies
Viktor Yasevin
Ukraine, Hungary
Legal regulation of human assisted reproduction: new challenges
Sergii Antonov
Ukraine
What law does Ukraine need to properly regulate reproductive rights and human assisted reproduction?
Olena Kalchuk
Ukraine
Balancing the interests of the parties to a surrogacy agreement: a comparative analysis of Ukrainian and foreign practice
Olga Kryshevych
Ukraine
Comparative analysis of the criminal law of Ukraine and other countries in the field of reproductive medicine
Discussion “The best model for regulating the use of ART”
Session 2
International experience in exercising human reproductive rights
Moderator: Olga Danchenko
Sam Everingham
Australia
The impact of diplomatic restrictions on reuniting parents with their newborn children
Natalie Gamble
United Kingdom
Legal issues for UK intended parents undertaking surrogacy in Ukraine: normal times compared with the COVID-19 pandemic
Konstantin Svitnev
Russia
Marital status and the right to procreate
Olga Danchenko
Ukraine
Birth registration procedures in surrogacy programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Franco Antonio Zenna
Spain
The advisory opinion of the European Court of Human Rights and the best interests of minors in ART programmes: the practice of Italy and other European countries
Aliya Dautbay
Kazakhstan
Legal problems of ART: the experience of Kazakhstan
27 June, Saturday
- Workshop on drafting a surrogacy agreement for a foreign couple
- Panel discussion “How to balance the interests of the parties in a surrogacy agreement?” — Sergii Antonov, Olga Danchenko, Olena Kalchuk, Viktoriia Rohatynska
Session 3
Assisted reproductive technologies and society
Moderator: Yana Trynova
Yana Trynova
Ukraine
Overview of the main global bioethical issues in assisted reproductive technologies
Kateryna Moskalenko
Ukraine
The use of artificial wombs: bioethical and legal problems
Alya Guseva
USA
The moral framework and the rapidly changing field of Ukrainian surrogacy
Session 4
Reproductive tourism in new realities
Moderator: Violetta Yanyshevska
Violetta Yanyshevska
Ukraine
Reproductive tourism in the world and in Ukraine: the COVID-19 period and forecasts for the industry
Nataliia Dankovych
Ukraine
The advantages of reproductive tourism in Ukraine
Olga Polotska
Ukraine
Managing foreign patients in Ukraine
Olena Novikova
Belarus
Reproductive technologies in Belarus
Tamara Dzhusubalieva
Kazakhstan
Development of medical tourism in ART in Kazakhstan
Panel discussion “Reproductive tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic: international experience”
- Closing remarks and official closing of the Congress
