A/HRC/23/48
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
18 March 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty third session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in
persons, especially women and children,
Joy Ngozi Ezeilo
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of her activities
from 1 August 2012 to 28 February 2013.
The report comprises a thematic analysis by the Special Rapporteur of the
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. It examines the role of such demand in fostering exploitation
and trafficking in persons, and provides an overview of various international and regional
legal and policy frameworks and initiatives as well as different approaches and measures
undertaken by States and other stakeholders. In addition, the Special Rapporteur draws
attention to some of the remaining challenges in integrating human rights-based approach,
and provides a set of recommendations for addressing them.
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