Below are additional resources, links and references relevant to the Review of Human Tissue Laws. Please note that these are external links, and that the ALRC is not responsible for content on third party websites.

Legislation – Human Tissue Acts

• Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978 (ACT)
• Human Tissue Act 1983 No 164 (NSW)
• Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 (NT)
• Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 (QLD)
• Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1983 (SA)
• Human Tissue Act (1985) (TAS)
• Human Tissue Act (1982) (VIC)
• Human Tissue and Transplant Act 1982 (WA)

National Reports and Inquiries

• Australian Law Reform Commission, Human Tissue Transplants (1977)
• EY, Review of the Implementation of the National Reform Agenda on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (2015), and related Australian Government Response (2017)
• PwC, Final Report: Analysis of the Australian Tissue Sector (2016)
• EY, Review of the Australian Organ Donation, Retrieval and Transplantation System: Final Report (2018), and related All Governments’ Response
• House of Representatives, Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Compassion, Not Commerce: An Inquiry into Human Organ Trafficking and Organ Transplant Tourism (2018)
• National Indigenous Kidney Transplant Taskforce, Final Report (2023)

Government Statements and Strategies

• Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, National Eye and Tissue Sector Framework (2022)
• Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, National Strategy for Organ Donation, Retrieval and Transplantation (2024)

Practice Guidelines and Professional Statements

• The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS):
  • Statement on Death and Organ Donation (2021)
  • Brain Death Determination Statement
• National Health and Medical Research Council:
  • Organ and Tissue Donation after Death, for Transplantation – Guidelines for Ethical Practice for Health Professionals (2007)
  • Making a Decision about Organ and Tissue Donation after Death (2007)
  • Organ and Tissue Donation by Living Donors – Guidelines for Ethical Practice for Health Professionals (2007)
  • Making a Decision about Living Organ and Tissue Donation (2007)
  • Ethical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors (2016)
  • National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023)
• Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Clinical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors

International Donation and Transplantation Legislative and Policy Forum

• Dale Gardiner et al, “Baseline Ethical Principles and a Framework for Evaluation of Policies: Recommendations from an International Consensus Forum” (2023) 9(5) Transplant Direct, doi: 1097/TXD.0000000000001471
• Manuel Escoto et al, “Research and Innovation in Organ Donation: Recommendations from an International Consensus Forum” (2023) 9(5) Transplant Direct, doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001446
• Jacinto Sánchez-Ibañez et al, “Tissue and Cell Donation: Recommendations from an International Consensus Forum” (2023) 9(5) Transplant Direct, doi: 1097/TXD.0000000000001466
• Maeghan Toews et al, “Legislation and Policy Recommendations on Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation from an International Consensus Forum” (2023) 9(5) Transplant Direct, doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001395
• Phil Walton et al, “Organ and Tissue Donation Consent Model and Intent to Donate Registries: Recommendations from an International Consensus Forum” (2023) 9(5) Transplant Direct, doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001416
• Claire Willment et al, “Organ Donation Organization Architecture: Recommendations from an International Consensus Forum” (2023) 9(5) Transplant Direct, doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001440

International Declarations, Principles and Protocols

• Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group, The Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism, (2018)
• Global Alliance of Eye Bank Associations, The Barcelona Principles: An Agreement on the use of human donated tissue for ocular transplantation, research, and future technologies, (2018)
• United Nations, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (the Palermo Protocol), (2000)
• World Health Organization, Increasing availability, ethical access and oversight of transplantation of human cells, tissues and organs (2024)
• World Health Organization, Principles for global consensus on the donation and management of blood, blood components and medical products of human origin, (2016)
• World Health Organization, Guiding principles on human cell, tissue and organ transplantation, (2010)