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. 56
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The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings covers "criminalisation of the use of services of a victim". Without making it obligatory for States parties to make it an offence for someone to purchase services from a person who they know has been trafficked, it requires States parties to consider doing so (art. 19). According to the reports of Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, some States of the Council of Europe have criminalized the known use of the services of trafficked persons.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children