A/HRC/56/48* United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 May 2024 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifty-sixth session 18 June–12 July 2024 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Prostitution and violence against women and girls Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem** Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences examines violence against women and girls as a form, cause and consequence of prostitution. * Reissued for technical reasons on 19 July 2024. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present document after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’'s control. GE.24-08177 (E)