A/68/256
Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons,
especially women and children
Summary
The present report provides a description of the activities undertaken by the
Special Rapporteur from 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2013. It also contains a thematic
analysis of the issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs, in which the
Special Rapporteur specifically examines exploitation of persons who are compelled
by need or force to provide organs for transplantation to people within their own
countries or to foreigners. The Special Rapporteur provides a description of the
problem and examines legal and policy responses at the international, regional and
national levels. She then considers exploitation in transplantation as a form of
trafficking in persons and the extent to which this framework provides a structure
within which more effective, rights-based responses can be developed and
implemented. Lastly, the Special Rapporteur offers conclusions and
recommendations to States and stakeholders.
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