A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 25
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While trafficked persons are not entitled to wholesale immunity from crimes they commit, the Special Rapporteur observes that the increasingly recognized standard is that they should not be prosecuted for offences relating to their status as trafficking victims. Indeed, criminalization and/or detention of victims of trafficking is incompatible with a rights-based approach to trafficking because it inevitably compounds the harm already experienced by trafficked persons and denies them the rights to which they are entitled.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children