Declaration, and it provides principles of practice based on those definitions. The Istanbul Declaration distinguishes transplant tourism from travel for transplantation. Travel for transplantation is the movement of organs, donors, recipients or transplant professionals across jurisdictional borders for transplantation purposes. Travel for transplantation becomes transplant tourism if (1) it involves organ trafficking and/or transplant commercialism or; (2) if the resources (organs, professionals and transplant centers) devoted to providing transplants to patients from outside a country undermine the country’s ability to provide transplant services for its own population. Not all recipients’ travel to a foreign country to undergo transplantation is unethical. Travel for transplantation may be ethical if the following conditions are fulfilled: For live donor transplantation: (1) if the recipient has a dual citizenship and wishes to undergo transplantation from a live donor that is a family member in a country of citizenship that is not their residence; (2) if the donor and recipient are genetically related and wish to undergo transplantation in a country not of their residence. For deceased donor transplantation: (1) if official regulated bilateral or multilateral organ sharing programs exist between or among jurisdictions that are based on reciprocated organ-sharing programs among the jurisdictions. See also Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China References External links The Declaration of Istanbul pdf Declaration of Istanbul Organ trade 2008 in Turkey