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Agenda setting of the work of the Special Rapporteur 2015, para. 29
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- Trafficking is a grave violation of a number of human rights, especially the right to liberty and the right not to be held in slavery or involuntary servitude, the right to be free from cruel and inhumane treatment, the right to be free from violence and the right to health. The Special Rapporteur's framework for action will be guided by existing international and regional human rights instruments and principles relating to 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
- Health
- Movement
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Agenda setting of the work of the Special Rapporteur 2015, para. 8
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- In the age of globalization, trafficking in persons cannot be examined in isolation from the broader socioeconomic realities that drive it, nor should it be tackled only from a criminal perspective. Factors such as poverty and inequality, lack of educational opportunity and access to health care, gender discrimination, including gender-based violence, racial inequality and migration are some of the underlying factors that cause/contribute to 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)
- Education
- Gender
- Health
- Movement
- Poverty
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 46
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- Furthermore, it is crucial that actors who are likely to come into first contact with trafficked persons, such as the police and health professionals, provide relevant information to trafficked persons as early as possible. Given that psychological recovery of trafficked persons may take some time, it may be also beneficial to provide information on a regular basis, both orally and in writing in a language they understand.
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- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 60
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- The question of demand in the context of trafficking in persons is a vexed one (see A/HRC/23/48). The issue raises particular complexities in the case of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. As noted above, demand for organs has grown through a confluence of factors and will probably never be met through a system of altruistic donations from deceased and live donors. It is therefore dangerous to develop policy responses on the basis that the only long-term solution to trafficking in persons for the removal of organs lies in an expansion of supply to meet demand. Human-rights-based examination of this debate, including calls for a regulated market in organs, is well overdue. While that issue is beyond the scope of the present report, some preliminary conclusions can be drawn. First and most importantly, it can be safely asserted that the focus of such an analysis would be squarely on the rights of the potential victim. A human-rights-based approach would seek to identify those approaches to transplantation that offer the best chance of protecting vulnerable persons from exploitation and that best support the core human rights principles of non-discrimination and equality. Such an approach would also probably be extremely critical of the unequal power relations that almost inevitably exist between "donors" and recipients, as well as between "donors" and those who profit financially from transplantation surgery. Such an approach would further view socioeconomic conditions as determinants for organ removal with great concern.
- 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
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 28
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- Compensation should be provided for economic assessable damage to the extent that such damage cannot be made good by restitution. It may be provided as payment for a wide range of injury, loss or damage caused by the offender, including, for example: costs of medical, physical, psychological or psychiatric treatment required by the victim; lost income and due wages; legal fees and other similar costs; and payment for non-material damages, resulting from moral, physical or psychological injury, emotional distress, pain and suffering.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons 2011, para. 18
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- Compensation should be provided for economic assessable damage to the extent that such damage cannot be made good by restitution. It may be provided as payment for a wide range of injury, loss or damage caused by the offender, including, for example: costs of the medical, physical, psychological or psychiatric treatment required by the victim; lost income and due wages; legal fees and other similar costs; and payment for non-material damages, resulting from moral, physical or psychological injury, emotional distress, pain and suffering.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 55
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- Unfortunately, very few service providers working with victims of trafficking have any contact with, or knowledge of, victims of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. This state of affairs has contributed to a situation where such victims largely remain "undetected, unidentified, without access to support, assistance and protection measures … [with] no access to fundamental human rights". It is unsurprising that the way in which victim support services have been developed for trafficked persons will not necessarily make them suitable or adequate for victims of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. For example, victims will have long-term and immediate medical needs. They can expect to suffer gradual deterioration of their health and possibly a lifetime of financial disadvantage. No State currently has mechanisms and procedures in place to meaningfully respond to this level of need. Very few civil society organizations are working with and for victims of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs and those involved in this area report needs that go well beyond their capacity to meet.
- 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
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 54
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- The nature of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs also presents specific challenges in relation to victim protection and support that may not be met through conventional approaches. Victims have almost inevitably suffered serious physical injury and are also likely to be psychologically and emotionally traumatized. Social and religious stigma may exacerbate such trauma. Victims may also be in danger of retaliation from brokers and others involved in organizing their surgery. The nature of that intimidation may reflect the very particular nature of their exploitation, such as threats to withhold medical care or of humiliating public exposure.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 45
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- Regulation of deceased organ donation. The way in which deceased organ donations are regulated can also affect trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. For example, it is argued that the opting-out system, whereby persons are presumed to have consented to donation unless otherwise indicated, will increase the number of organs available for transplantation, thereby reducing the various incentives that feed trafficking in persons for the removal of organs. It is important to note, however, that these approaches also carry risks with regard to the rights of vulnerable persons. For example, studies have found that such laws penalize the poor and illiterate, who lack the time, resources and knowledge to actively opt out. Presumed consent laws could also encourage the withholding of life-saving measures from unprotected persons.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The issue of trafficking in persons for the removal of organs 2013, para. 25
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- Case studies examined by the Special Rapporteur involving victims from Eastern Europe, South America and Asia indicate that poor and often desperate individuals are lured into selling their organs on the promise of considerable payment that is almost never made in full. Many are also deceived about the nature of the procedure, the risks involved and the follow-up care required or to be provided. Debt bondage and extortion are used as forms of coercion. Passports are commonly withheld as a means of maintaining control over the movement of the victim before the operation. Efforts to back out of an agreement to sell an organ are met with violence and threats of violence. After the transplantation, organizers continue to threaten victims in order to ensure their silence. Victims are not offered adequate post-operative medical care and suffer physical and psychological harm and social exclusion.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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