A/HRC/26/18 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 May 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Summary of the consultations held on the draft basic principles on the right to effective remedy for victims of trafficking in persons Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In accordance with Human Right Council resolution 20/1, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in close cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, convened a series of regional and global consultations to further discuss and collect inputs on the draft basic principles on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons from all relevant stakeholders, including Member States, experts, intergovernmental organizations and civil society. GE.14-14060 *1414060*