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. 50
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Another example, as highlighted by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, is the experience of Brazil, where to address the pattern of exploitation known as "slave labour" in farming industry the Government initiated a series of measures, including the launching of 2005 National Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labour, which businesses were encouraged to join. The Pact was supplemented by a code of conduct that all signatories of the Pact are required to respect. That Special Rapporteur has recommended that the National Pact be extended to cover the textile industry of Brazil, as cases of forced labour have also been found there (A/HRC/15/20/Add.4, para. 123). By 2011, the Pact's website reported that it had been backed by more than 220 businesses, business organizations or civil society organizations, with a collective turnover worth more than 20 per cent of country's gross domestic product. Nevertheless, despite evidence that numerous companies have stopped doing business with suppliers on the basis of their commitments under the Pact, there has been a notable lack of engagement by companies whose business focuses on some of the commodities linked most closely with slave labour, such as cattle-ranching and the production of beef, soya and cotton.
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Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children