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. 12
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As noted in the earlier report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/10/16, paras. 51-52):
The definition of demand, which is an economic term, can be adapted to the context of trafficking to describe it as the desire 'for labour that is exploitative or services which breach the human rights of the person delivering those services'. It includes demand for sexual exploitation; for cheap labour and domestic workers; for organ removal and sale; for illicit adoption and forced marriages; for criminal activities or begging or for exploitation within the army … 'The demand side of trafficking generally refers to the nature and extent of the exploitation of the trafficked persons after their arrival at the point of destination, as well as the social, cultural, political, economic, legal and developmental factors that shape the demand and facilitate the trafficking process'. As such, it does not have to be 'properly understood as the demand for a trafficking victim's prostitution, labour or services. Rather, demand must be understood expansively, as any act that fosters any form of exploitation that, in turn, leads to trafficking'.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children