Integration of a human rights-based approach in measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, and which leads to human trafficking 2013, para. 72
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Principle 3 of the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking highlights the potential for negative interaction between established rights and new measures to address trafficking. The commentary on the Recommended Principles and Guidelines stresses, in relation to the responses of States to human trafficking, that "human rights law also confirms that States cannot violate non-discrimination principles or norms protecting economic, social and cultural?rights when developing or implementing their response to trafficking". Principle 3 also mentions particularly the rights of those in potentially vulnerable situations due to immigration status, stating: "Anti-trafficking measures shall not adversely affect the human rights and dignity of persons, in particular the rights of those who have been trafficked, and of migrants, internally displaced persons, refugees and asylum-seekers." It makes explicit a responsibility to extend the principle of proportionality to all people, regardless of citizenship of immigration status.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children