The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 40
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The mandate holders have been mindful that prevention of future trafficking must be based on a thorough and nuanced understanding of the root causes of this phenomenon, including the factors that make some people more vulnerable than others to exploitation related to trafficking. Such an understanding also helps to guide more effective responses, for example by helping to identify persons and groups at risk of trafficking and by shaping public and official understanding about how trafficking happens and why. Furthermore, attention to underlying causes helps to counteract the prevailing narrative in reporting on these issues, dominated by sensationalist stories about victims of trafficking, which routinely overlook the underlying social and economic factors that led to the violation of their human rights (A/67/261, para. 42).
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children