Cyber mercantilizarea fiinţei umane din perspectiva dreptului comerţului internaţional
Cyber Commodification of Human Being: an International Commercial Law Perspective

Summary/Abstract: Commodification of human body, parts of it or of some „goods” produced by the human body are habitual practices today. The use of human body in commercial purposes is not a new one. Nevertheless, what makes the difference now is the Internet, which facilitates this type of commerce. A global market of human cells and tissues, organs, hair, breast milk, sperm, ovules, surrogate mothers is developing through Internet. In this paper is discussed only a small part. of this type of international commerce, which focuses on the idea of commodification of human body and its products being touched upon only the contracts of goods produced by human body, precisely, reproductive human cells (sperm and ovules) contracts. Thereis first analyzed the international and national regulations, the issue of human reproductive cells alienability and last but not least, thereis shortly presented the Romanian market of reproductive cells and the rules the persons with Romanian citizenship should comply with.

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