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. 19
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On a number of occasions over the past decade, concern has been voiced that large-scale sporting events create a demand for the services of people who are trafficked and therefore require preventive action specifically to discourage demand. This concern led various agencies to inform the media before sporting events that large numbers of women or children were about to be trafficked. Some recent campaigns to discourage demand associated with sporting events have taken a wider perspective, pointing out that the organizers of sporting events have a responsibility to prevent not only people being trafficked to provide sexual services to fans, but also trafficking in the context of construction and the production of merchandise for sale at the events.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children