Stocktaking exercise on the work of the mandate on its tenth Anniversary 2014, para. 36
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- Over the course of the mandate, the Special Rapporteur has noted that the development of the Palermo Protocol within a framework of crime control has raised understandable concerns that the focus would diminish the attention and commitment due to the human rights of victims. She believes that there should be no conflict between the rights of victims and the responses of the criminal justice system. Administration of justice systems must be geared towards guaranteeing access to justice to victims, providing an effective remedy, promoting respect for the fundamental human rights of victims, including offenders, and ensuring adequate protection and assistance to victims of trafficking in order to prevent revictimization and avoid the danger of being retrafficked (A/64/290, para. 99). Moreover, in recognition of the pressing problems associated with the responses of the criminal justice system and the lack of available guidance, the report of the Special Rapporteur on a rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice affirmed the obligation of States to criminalize trafficking; to investigate and prosecute trafficking with due diligence; and to provide for appropriate penalties (see A/HRC/20/18).
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 36
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