A/HRC/18/30 I. Introduction 1. Following a brief overview of the mandate’s activities pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 6/14, the Special Rapporteur focuses on child slavery, one of the priority areas she identified for her work (see A/HRC/9/20). II. Activities of the mandate A. Country visits 2. From 13 to 17 December 2010, the Special Rapporteur conducted a mission to Romania (see A/HRC/18/30/Add.1) to examine the effectiveness of Romanian policies, laws and specific programmes to combat the worst forms of child labour. 3. From 9 to 20 May 2011, the Special Rapporteur conducted a mission to Peru (see A/HRC/18/30/Add.2) to examine good practices and challenges to combat forced labour, debt bondage and the worst forms of child labour. 4. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the invitations of Italy, Lebanon and Kazakhstan to carry out country visits. She would appreciate receiving invitations from the countries to which she has sent requests for visits: Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, Qatar, Sudan and Uzbekistan. B. Other activities 5. Since her last report, the Special Rapporteur, jointly with other mandates, sent communications on alleged cases of concern to her mandate to Bangladesh, India, Kuwait, Mauritania, Nepal and Thailand (see A/HRC/18/51). 6. During the year, the Special Rapporteur participated in various conferences relevant to the mandate. She also held consultations with Governments and United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders. By way of example, the Special Rapporteur would like to highlight the following. 7. On 1 to 2 December 2010, the Special Rapporteur travelled to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to meet with NGOs working to eradicate domestic servitude. She was also able to brief British parliamentarians and senior Government officials about her mandate. 8. On 2 and 3 May 2011, the Special Rapporteur attended the international roundtable on “Rights Violations and Access to Justice of Domestic Workers in the Context of Diplomatic Immunity” which was organized by the German Institute for Human Rights and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and held in Berlin. She presented her recommendations for combating domestic servitude. III. Scope of the thematic report 9. Children working in artisanal mines and quarries are subject to a series of violations of human rights and very often find themselves in conditions that amount to contemporary forms of slavery. 4