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3rd International Surrogacy Forum 2025

Organised by the Nordic Centre for International and Comparative Family Law (NorFam) and co-organised by Miller du Toit Cloete Inc., the Law Faculty of the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) and the American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Family Law.

The President Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 and 25 March 2025

DAY 1: DEVELOPMENTS IN SURROGACY AROUND THE GLOBE

SESSION 1: AFRICA – PART 1

SESSION 2: AFRICA – PART 2

SESSION 3: EUROPE – PART 1

SESSION 4: EUROPE – PART 2, Middle East (TBC)

SESSION 5: Rest of the World

Evening: Anne-Marie Hutchinson Memorial Lecture
Drinks Reception
Gala Dinner
Location: Two Oceans Aquarium

DAY 2: GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

SESSION 6:  The Hague Working Group
Criminalising Surrogacy
Surrogacy and Financial Compensation

SESSION 7: Personal Connections: Post-birth contact;
need for a genetic link

SESSION 8: THE RIGHTS OF THE surrgate-born child

Afternoon: Visit to the University of the Western Cape
·         Tour of University

·         Learn about the history of the University and its role in the struggle against apartheid

·         Seminar on assisted reproduction

·         Meet the students

The conference is organised by :

• The Nordic Centre for Comparative and International Family Law (NorFam)

Co-organisers:

• The International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
• American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Family Law
• the Law Faculty of the University of the Western Cape
• The leading South African law firm Miller du Toit Cloete Incorporated.

The 3rd International Surrogacy Forum will take place in Cape Town, South Africa!

The venue is the gorgeous The President Hotel, located in the wonderful Bantry Bay area of Cape Town. A contingent of rooms has been reserved at The President Hotel as well as at the nearby Bantry Bay Suite Hotel.

The conference fee will be app. USD 750 (not including the conference dinner). Concessions will be available for participants from countries of the OECD’s DAC list of ODA recipients (USD 350) as well as full-time academics (USD 200).

There are limited places available for the 3rd International Surrogacy Forum, so book now.

• Table Mountain
• Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years
• Visit the magnificent vineyards of the Cape region on a WineTour
• Visit Cape Point, where the oceans meet and penguins greet!
• If you are bold enough, go shark cage diving!
• Use the opportunity to go on a photo safari in the many South African national parks and nature reserves!
• While you are in the region, why not visit the Etosha National Park  and Sossusvlei in Namibia or the Okavango Delta in Botswana? Come and see the “Big Five”!!!