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Prevention of trafficking in persons 2010, para. 64
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- The recommendations of the Special Rapporteur are set out below.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Regional and subregional cooperation in promoting a human rights-based approach to combatting trafficking in persons 2010, para. 107
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- Regional mechanisms should develop standards that reflect a human rights-based approach to trafficking, based on relevant international instruments such as the Palermo Protocol and the OHCHR Guidelines. These standards should be developed in regional legal instruments, regional and national action plans, bilateral agreements, and further set out in practical guidelines, standard operating procedures or practitioners' handbooks. Furthermore, regional mechanisms should provide assistance to countries in operationalizing these standards at the national level through capacity-building activities, most importantly training and workshops. Finally, they should be active in monitoring and evaluation, collecting data on achievements and challenges, and sharing the results of their evaluation, including good practices, with countries in their region.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 62
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- In the light of these challenges, the Special Rapporteur submits the draft basic principles on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons in annex I to the present document. These basic principles are a work in progress, as the Special Rapporteur intends to continue refining them on the basis of inputs she may receive. The Special Rapporteur hopes that the basic principles serve as a useful guidance for States and practitioners on the content and scope of the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons and also as indicators of the minimum obligations of States in the realization of this right.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of human trafficking in supply chains 2012, para. 48
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- In today's globalized world, the risks of human trafficking in supply chains are significant throughout economic sectors and affect all States, whether as a source, transit or destination country. These risks, however, have not been adequately dealt with, either by States or by businesses themselves. States have the primary obligation to prevent and combat trafficking in persons under international law by enacting and enforcing legislation criminalizing trafficking and imposing proportionate punishments on perpetrators. While this obligation applies equally to all States, the emphasis is laid on those States in which suppliers or subcontractors in the production chain are based, given that they are responsible for protecting individuals within their territory and subject to their jurisdiction from the risk of trafficking. This does not absolve businesses of the responsibility to prevent and combat trafficking in persons. There is wide international consensus that businesses have responsibilities to respect human rights and they are uniquely positioned to prevent or mitigate any risks of trafficking in their supply chains. In fact, as discussed above, reasons abound as to why they should take the issue of human trafficking seriously from a risk management perspective. Other stakeholders, such as consumers and the media, also have a role to play in influencing corporate behaviour. To effectively tackle trafficking in persons in supply chains, there is a need for a multifaceted and multi-stakeholder approach, engaging all relevant actors and encompassing various strategies to pressure States and companies to live up to their obligations.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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A human rights-based approach to the administration of criminal justice in cases of trafficking in persons 2012, para. 87
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- A review of national criminal justice responses to trafficking reveals that, while States have begun to incorporate and implement elements and standards found in international human rights law, much remains to be done. Low prosecution and conviction rates around the world confirm that even those States with advanced criminal justice systems and sophisticated anti-trafficking strategies must look to improve their performance. Of particular concern is the need to ensure that the rights of all persons, most particularly but not exclusively victims, are respected.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 62
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- The international legal framework around trafficking in persons for the removal of organs also provides important guidance for navigating the larger ethical and policy issues around transplantation and transplantation-related exploitation. For example, it can be convincingly argued that international human rights law and a rights-based approach support a complete rejection of all forms of transplant commercialism because of the inherent and ultimately unmanageable risks of exploitation. A human-rights-based approach will also accord priority to equality and non-discrimination over other considerations when it comes to developing responses to organ shortages and establishing criteria for equitable allocation of organs.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 66
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- When considering responses to trafficking in persons for the removal of organs, it is important to acknowledge the disproportionate burden that is placed on less-wealthy countries in relation to all aspects of the problem and its response. It is from those countries that most, if not all, victims originate and it is largely within less-developed countries that trafficking in persons for the removal of organs, including associated transplantation procedures, is actually conducted. Relatively wealthier countries are often the source of demand for trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. They do not bear the costs incurred to victims and are rarely the focus of calls for investigation and prosecution. A human-rights-based approach requires a review of this situation and more equitable sharing of the burden of victim protection and support, in addition to legal and criminal justice responses.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 100
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- The development of new international legal regimes around trafficking in persons for the removal of organs should be based on a thorough review of the strengths and weaknesses of existing international legal regimes and seek to add substantive value to those regimes, while avoiding confusion and unnecessary duplication. It will be particularly important to ensure that new instruments, such as the proposed Council of Europe convention against trafficking in human organs, do not place victims in a less favourable position than they would otherwise be in under existing legal instruments dealing with trafficking in persons.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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. 85a
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- [Taking in account States' obligations under international human rights law, the Special Rapporteur would like to offer a set of recommendations which may serve as a basis for human rights-based measures to discourage the demand that fosters or leads to trafficking in persons:] States should identify and analyse factors that generate demand for exploitative sexual services and exploitative labour and take strong legislative, policy and other measures to address these issues. Measures to discourage demand should be based on existing experience and accurate information about patterns of trafficking in persons occurring in their jurisdiction (concerning people trafficked into, through or out of their territory);
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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. 85f
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- [Taking in account States' obligations under international human rights law, the Special Rapporteur would like to offer a set of recommendations which may serve as a basis for human rights-based measures to discourage the demand that fosters or leads to trafficking in persons:] Measures to discourage demand which involve restricting the exercise of the human rights, including by individuals who are judged to be especially vulnerable to being trafficked, should conform with the principle of proportionality (i.e., they must be appropriate to achieve their protective function; they must be the least intrusive instrument amongst those which might achieve the desired result; and they must be proportionate to the interest to be protected);
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Stocktaking exercise on the work of the mandate on its tenth Anniversary 2014, para. 56
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- The Human Rights Council is to be congratulated for its wisdom and foresight in establishing a mechanism that has ensured human rights retain their rightful place at the centre of the international response to trafficking. That role has been particularly important in light of the fact that the key international treaty on trafficking was established outside the human rights system. States and partners, including United Nations bodies, intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society, surveyed as part of the preparation for this report, have affirmed the positive impact of the mandate holders on their work and on the work of combating trafficking in general. They have drawn particular attention to the contribution of the Special Rapporteur to standard-setting; to mainstreaming human rights into the anti-trafficking discourse; and to drawing attention to emerging and less well-known forms of trafficking.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Stocktaking exercise on the work of the mandate on its tenth Anniversary 2014, para. 57
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- On this basis, the Special Rapporteur offers the following recommendations.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 76
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- The Human Rights Council is to be congratulated for its wisdom and foresight in establishing a mechanism that has ensured human rights retain their rightful place at the centre of the international response to trafficking. This role has been particularly important in light of the fact that the key international treaty on trafficking was established outside the human rights system. States and partners, including United Nations bodies, intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society, surveyed as part of the preparation for this report have affirmed the positive impact of the mandate on their work and on the anti-trafficking sector as a whole. They have drawn particular attention to the contribution of the Special Rapporteur to standard-setting; to mainstreaming human rights into the anti-trafficking discourse; and to drawing attention to emerging and less well-known forms of trafficking.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Trafficking in persons in conflict and post-conflict situations 2016, para. 68
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- In view of the legal responsibility of States to identify, protect and assist trafficked persons in all circumstances, including in conflict and post-conflict situations, and to work to ensure that those responsible for violations of human rights are held accountable, the Special Rapporteur offers the following recommendations. Given the timeliness and the importance of the thematic addressed in this report, and taking into account the central role of the General Assembly, other United Nations bodies and institutions, especially on conflict-related issues, the Special Rapporteur also wishes to reiterate the recommendations contained in her report to the thirty-second session of the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/32/41).
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 67
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- Multi-stakeholder initiatives should map all relevant stakeholders for each specific standard, taking trade unions into special account, and ensure they are actively involved in the determination of criteria and indicators in the standard-setting process and subsequent revisions. They should also ensure that gender considerations are embedded in the standard when specific vulnerabilities based on gender are identified within the industry or workplace affected by the standard. Multi-stakeholder initiatives should consider establishing a capacity-building programme adapted to each audience to equip stakeholders to participate in the standard-setting and standard-revision processes.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 75
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- The assurance programme must require that, during auditing exercises or alternative monitoring mechanisms to assess indicators of labour exploitation, sufficient time be allocated for auditors to interview workers, that any necessary interpretation services be provided, that any arrangements necessary to address gender concerns be made, that interviews be held outside the workplace if possible, and that sufficient time be allocated for document review, management interviews, interviews of other relevant stakeholders, such as local trade unions and communities, and report writing.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 77
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- Multi-stakeholder initiatives should ensure that an evaluation of labour recruiters, when such recruiters are used by the supplier to recruit workers or as employment agents, is included in the assurance process and that the above-mentioned criteria and indicators that are under the control of those intermediaries, as recruitment or employment agents, are applied. The results of the evaluation of the labour recruiters’ compliance should be made an integral part of the evaluation of the company’s compliance and have an effect on the determination of certification status.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 88
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- Companies should establish and implement a company policy on the elimination of trafficking in persons from the company’s supply chains or adhere to a multi-stakeholder initiative or industry coalition that addresses trafficking in persons and forced labour in accordance with the recommendations set out in the present report. The policy must be part of the company’s larger human rights policy commitment and the continuous human rights due diligence the company conducts in accordance with the framework established in the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Adherence to the policy must be recognized by the highest level of management in the company. A company establishing its own policy should seek the collaboration of workers, trade unions and civil society to formulate the policy and implementation measures that effectively address issues related to trafficking in persons.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 90
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- Companies should integrate their policies on trafficking in persons, forced labour and any other form of labour exploitation as a binding part of contracts with suppliers. Communication should be clear regarding the application of sanctions in the event of non-compliance by the supplier itself or issues of non-compliance found further down in the supplier’s supply chain, including in their labour supply chain. Sanctions may include the immediate termination of a contract where grave violations of workers’ rights are found. A stepwise plan should be established together with the supplier to ensure that issues of non-compliance are corrected and that workers are not negatively affected by the sanction applied. The plan should include specific timelines and deliverables in order to make it possible to measure improvement in the implementation of the company’s policy.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Strengthening voluntary standards for businesses on preventing and combating trafficking in persons and labour exploitation, especially in supply chains 2017, para. 98e
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- [States should:] Enhance legislation on transparency, which should require companies to disclose actual measures adopted to tackle trafficking in persons in their operations and supply chains. Such measures should address at the minimum certain areas of concern, such as recruitment practices, methodology used in monitoring compliance with the company policy, use of alternative sources of information to supplement audit information, the quality of the grievance mechanism, and coordination with relevant stakeholders, including trade unions and civil society representatives;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 65
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- This duality of regimes is the product of historical factors and the distinct sets of skills and experiences that have shaped various aspects of our understanding of, and response to, trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. There is a clear need to bring together the circle of transplant surgeons, cultural anthropologists and health and human rights activists "who have developed remarkable knowledge" on trafficking in persons for the removal of organs within the circle of experts and practitioners working on trafficking in persons.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 69
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- All States should also review the broader legal framework around transplantation-related exploitation to ensure, at a minimum, that related offences are fully and effectively criminalized and appropriately penalized. Such related offences include but are not limited to removal of an organ from a living or deceased donor without consent; removal of an organ from a living or deceased donor for financial gain or other advantage; the use of organs removed in such ways; and any form of advertising of a service relating to illicit removal and use of an organ.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 91
- Paragraph text
- All States should work with the media and civil society, including the medical and transplant communities, to raise awareness of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs among potential target populations, including awareness of the risks involved in both selling and buying organs. In that regard, States should recognize the significant role that can be played by physicians in identifying and deterring trafficking in persons for the removal of organs and related practices, including transplant tourism.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 98
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- International organizations working on trafficking in persons should consider developing special training materials and other resources for medical professionals who may be exposed to trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. These resources should aim to educate medical professionals about their legal and ethical obligations, ensure that they are familiar with existing codes of professional practice and provide them with guidance on responding to cases or potential cases of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Stocktaking exercise on the work of the mandate on its tenth Anniversary 2014, para. 58b
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- [Future mandate holders could focus on conceptual and definitional overlaps; the consequences of a human rights-based approach to trafficking; measuring the impact of anti-trafficking interventions, corruption and trafficking; and the effectiveness of victim identification tools. They should:] Continue cooperating with international, regional and national mechanisms to combat trafficking in persons, in consultation with victims. That could also include regularly convening consultative meetings with national rapporteurs and equivalent mechanisms;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The first decade of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children 2014, para. 79b
- Paragraph text
- [Future mandate holders could focus on conceptual and definitional overlaps; the consequences of a human rights-based approach to trafficking; measuring the impact of anti-trafficking interventions, corruption and trafficking; and the effectiveness of victim identification tools. They should:] Continue the cooperation between the mandate and international and regional and national mechanisms to combat trafficking in persons, in consultation with victims;
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Trafficking in persons in conflict and post-conflict situations 2016, para. 75e
- Paragraph text
- [States contributing personnel to peacekeeping operations should:] Implement the special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse by United Nations peacekeeping personnel proposed by the Secretary-General (see A/70/729) and the recommendations contained in the report of the independent review on sexual exploitation and abuse by international peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic, "Taking action on sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers".
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 32
- Paragraph text
- In the efforts to enhance the implementation of the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons, the Special Rapporteur refers States to her recommendations in the Human Rights Council report. In particular, the Special Rapporteur highlights the following recommendations:
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 68
- Paragraph text
- All States should ensure that the term "removal of organs" is included within their national legal definition of trafficking in persons and that "consent" to removal of organs is vitiated by any of the accepted means, including abuse of a position of vulnerability.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 71
- Paragraph text
- The national legal framework should clearly identify criminal responsibility, ensuring that it extends to intermediaries, brokers, medical and transplant staff and technicians who are involved in trafficking in persons for the removal of organs.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph