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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Sigma Huda

Document number
1977
Date
2007
Title
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Sigma Huda
Author/publisher
Human Rights Council
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
A/HRC/4/23, 24 January 2007, IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 60/251 OF 15 MARCH 2006 ENTITLED “HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL”
Summary
This report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council decision 1/102. It covers the period January-December 2006.  Section I of the report outlines the Special Rapporteur's activities, including participation at different conferences, the issuing of press releases and the sending of individual complaints to Governments on cases of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, during the reporting period. Section II is devoted to a thematic study on forced marriages in the context of trafficking in persons. In this section, the Special Rapporteur defines what amounts to a forced marriage and lists different forms of existing forced marriages as reported to her in the different replies to a questionnaire on forced marriages that the Special Rapporteur sent to Governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations.
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