A/HRC/4/31 page 22 (d) Establish a centralized transplant agency in charge of coordinating receivers’ needs and donors’ situation, establishing transparent and equitable waiting lists for each category of organs, regions and all age groups; (e) Clearly prohibit the sale of one’s organs and tissues so as to eradicate demand for this traffic as well as to penalize heavily those who do so; (f) Ensure that all children under the age of 18 are protected from becoming donors of organ and tissue transplantation, except in cases where an immediate family member is at a life-threatening risk, that no suitable donor has been found, that the donor’s consent has been given, that this transplant will not cause a threat, immediate or future, to the donor and that this transplant will bring substantial health improvement to the receiver; (g) Ensure that criminal proceedings against sellers, intermediaries and traffickers are initiated promptly and can be initiated ex officio. 85. Regarding the question of abduction of children and the need to address this issue in a coordinated, comprehensive and global approach, in line with the examples of rapid-response programmes discussed earlier, the Special Rapporteur recommends all States to set up rapid-response programmes and specifically: (a) To incorporate in their national legislation provisions criminalizing abduction, and providing stricter penalties or aggravated circumstances in cases where victims are children; (b) To establish, taking into account each State’s capacity, resources and constraints, a central institution consisting of operational centres, based on a public-private partnership model and established with the support of the national Government which should include the following minimum: a call centre and Internet website that are easily accessible, a photo distribution system and linkages with law enforcement by offering training, model policies and procedures and technical support as well as a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies and broadcasters to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases so as to instantly galvanize the entire local community; (c) To cooperate bilaterally and regionally in establishing common standards and allowing unrestricted exchange of information between the different law-enforcement agencies of countries involved when addressing the search of a missing or abducted child; (d) To clearly define the policies and scope of intervention so that when a case of an abducted or missing child is reported, the system is immediately activated and not left at the discretion of individual actors or other situations that may delay an immediate response; (e) To involve NGOs and private actors in the rapid-response programmes, especially media and communication businesses and organizations that will be able to relay the alert message quickly and effectively;

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