The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 53
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Too often, victims of trafficking are treated as instruments of criminal investigations, rather than as rights holders with a legal entitlement to protection, support and remedies. In her report to the General Assembly in 2009, the Special Rapporteur affirmed her position that "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).
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children