A/HRC/26/37
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 April 2014
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-sixth 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
Thematic report
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of her activities
from 1 March 2013 to 1 March 2014.
The report comprises a thematic analysis of the first decade of the mandate of the
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. It provides an
overview of the mandate and outlines substantive areas of focus throughout its existence. It
summarizes the achievements of the anti-trafficking movement that the Special Rapporteur
has guided, and to which she has contributed, and identifies challenges in developing
rights-based responses to trafficking, drawing on the responses of States and of partners, to
a questionnaire she sent.
The report contains the conclusions and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur
on how the mandate can further contribute to the global movement against human
trafficking.
GE.14-12841
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