A/HRC/17/35 • Celebrating the uniqueness of each person. An acknowledgment that each person’s road to recovery is unique, whilst there may be similarities in trafficking, each person’s experiences, set of circumstances arising from being a victim, and now a survivor, is distinctive. • Respecting and treasuring each person’s distinctiveness. Recognising and valuing a person’s identity beyond being labelled as ‘victim’, including their cultural background, beliefs and current worldview, as a fundamental right. • A focus on optimal health and wellbeing. Adopting a healing process that is deliberately holistic in approach and takes seriously the whole needs of a person, and not simply his/her physical requirements. • Building community. Part of the journey towards recovery will necessitate a process of rebuilding life after being victimised. Survivors of trafficking need, above all, to have hope and real opportunities to re-engage in a community, to rebuild, in some cases, family relationships, whilst for others it may mean opportunities for education, employment and safe shelter that is not necessarily back in their home country, although for some, this well may be the case.” Remedies for trafficked children 18. One participant discussed the remedy of “reintegration assistance” for children, which “typically includes some or all of the following remedies: preventing stigmatisation; education; training and employment; legal support; medial/health care; social services, psychological services”. 19. Drawing on the provision of reintegration and decision pertaining to placement of the child, the same participant quoted the following principles of Reimer et al (2007) which could guide the provision of remedies for trafficked persons: • Do no harm’ and ‘the best interests of the child’ as the primary principles (2007:40); and • Additional seven principles: 1) Protection is paramount; 2)A child remains a family’s responsibility; 3) Family is best for a child; 4) Individual case management that respects the rights and wishes of the child and allows for flexible use of resources; 5) In order to facilitate eventual reintegration to society, alternative care facilities should ‘normalise’ the life of children in care as much as possible; 6) Specialise and complement: do what you do well but don’t try to do it all; 7) Expectations for success should be moderated by local realities’ (2007:43-46). 20. Another participant echoed the view that the primary principles should be “do no harm” and “the best interests of the child”, which require “individual responses that are culturally appropriate, working with family and community, not just the child, building children's resilience not just focussing on the harm caused”. Compensation funds for trafficked persons 21. One participant noted that a Trafficked Person Compensation Fund, financed by proceeds of the crime of trafficking, should be established. On the other hand, another participant questioned whether it may be appropriate to argue for a fund specifically dedicated to trafficked persons. In his view, “[i]n States that do not yet have such funds for any who have been harmed by crime, to isolate for special attention those who have been trafficked may backfire politically unless there is a very strong moral case for special treatment”. Commenting specifically on the third point of Principle 6 of the draft basic principles, the participant suggested that for the time being, the following phrase should be deleted: “through a dedicated fund or, where appropriate, through effective and non26