A/HRC/14/32 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 May 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo* Summary This report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council decision 8/12. It covers the period from April 2009 until March 2010. The present report by the Special Rapporteur is an analysis of the current activities undertaken by regional and subregional organizations in the fight against trafficking in persons, with the intention of highlighting good practices and initiatives that promote a human rights-based approach to combating human trafficking. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur during the last year. Chapter 2 provides a description of the main regional and subregional anti-trafficking cooperation mechanisms that exist in different regions of the world, followed by an analysis of their main achievements and the main challenges they are facing. Finally, Chapter 3 contains the Special Rapporteur’s conclusions and recommendations. * Late submission. GE.10-13211 (E) 010610

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