Submission by Child Iden�ty Protec�on (CHIP) to discussions on EC Proposal 2022 695 (24 June 2025)

Surrogacy con�nues to be used as a method of family forma�on around the world. Children born through surrogacy have the same rights as all children under the United Na�ons Conven�on on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) and the Op�onal Protocol to the Conven�on on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child pros�tu�on and child pornography (OPSC). However, because of the way that the prac�ce of surrogacy has evolved, the fundamental rights of these children are at risk, especially in interna�onal arrangements.