A/HRC/DEC/13/117
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 April 2010
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Decision adopted by the Human Rights Council*
13/117
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming all previous resolutions by the General Assembly, the Commission on
Human Rights and the Council on the problem of trafficking in persons, especially women
and children, in particular Council resolutions 8/12 of 18 June 2008 and 11/3 of
17 June 2009,
Decides:
(a)
To hold a panel discussion at its fourteenth session to give voice to victims of
trafficking in persons, with due consideration for the psychological well-being of the
victims involved, with a view to reinforcing the centrality of their human rights and needs,
and taking into account their recommendations when devising actions to combat human
trafficking;
(b)
To request the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to organize the panel, within existing resources, with the participation of the High
Commissioner, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and
children, and the victims of trafficking in persons;
*
GE.10-12893
The resolutions and decisions of the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the
Council on its thirteenth session (A/HRC/13/56), chap. I.
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