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Report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo

Document number
2520
Date
2010
Title
Report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo
Author/publisher
United Nations General Assembly
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
Trafficking process, Recruitment, Transportation, Transit, Transfer, Consent, Palermo protocol; Definition of (trafficking), Root Causes, Risk Groups, Vulnerability, Pull factors, Push factors, Sending/Receiving countries, Human Rights Council Fourteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, A/HRC/14/32
Summary
This report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council decision 8/12. It covers the period from April 2009 until March 2010. The present report by the Special Rapporteur is an analysis of the current activities undertaken by regional and subregional organizations in the fight against trafficking in persons, with the intention of highlighting good practices and initiatives that promote a human rights-based approach to combating human trafficking. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur during the last year. Chapter 2 provides a description of the main regional and
subregional anti-trafficking cooperation mechanisms that exist in different egions of the world, followed by an analysis of their main achievements and the main challenges they are facing. Finally, Chapter 3 contains the Special Rapporteur's conclusions and recommendations.
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