A/HRC/RES/35/5
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
10 July 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6–23 June 2017
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 June 2017
35/5.
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons,
especially women and children
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming all previous General Assembly and Human Rights Council resolutions
on the problem of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, including Council
resolutions 26/8 of 26 June 2014, on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking
in persons, especially women and children, and 32/3 of 30 June 2016, on protecting victims
of trafficking and persons at risk of trafficking, especially women and children, in conflict
and post-conflict situations,
Reaffirming also the principles set forth in relevant human rights instruments and
declarations, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol
thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the
Optional Protocol thereto,
Reaffirming further the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime and the Protocols thereto, and reaffirming in particular the Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children,
supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,
Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development,1 and recalling targets 5.2, 8.7 and 16.2, which aim at eliminating
all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres,
including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation; taking immediate and
effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking
and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including
recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms; and
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General Assembly resolution 70/1.
GE.17-11520(E)