A/HRC/18/30 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 4 July 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Gulnara Shahinian Summary The Special Rapporteur provides an overview of her activities and focuses on child slavery in the artisanal mining and quarrying sector. GE.11-14333