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Description of events organized by mandate holders
voice when tackling trafficking for the purpose of forced labour and labour
exploitation in supply chains.
On 21 June, she co-organized, together with Ms Nevena Vuckovic Sahovic, former
Chair of the UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, a sideevent on trafficking of women and girls during the 38th session of the Human Rights
Council.
On 26 October, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Rapporteur on
slavery, held a joint side event in New York during the 73rd session of the UN
General Assembly on the gendered dimensions of contemporary forms of slavery and
trafficking in persons. The event was moderated by the ILO Director in New York and
panellists included the two Special Rapporteurs, a representative of the UN University,
the Freedom Fund and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership.
On 25 and 27 October 2018, the Special Rapporteur organized consultations with civil
society organizations and pro-bono lawyers in New York and Washington D.C. to
present the main findings of her report on the gender dimension of trafficking in
persons in conflict and post-conflict settings as it relates to the women and peace and
security agenda of the Security Council that was presented at the 73rd session of the
UN General Assembly (A/73/171) and to gather challenges and promising practices on
social inclusion of victims of trafficking to inform her report that will be presented to
the Human Rights Council in 2019.
From 13 to 14 December 2018, the Special Rapporteur organized the first round of
expert consultations in Geneva focused on the Americas and Europe to inform her
thematic report on challenges and innovative and transformative models of social
inclusion of victims of trafficking that will be presented to the Human Rights Council
in June 2019. The consultations included the participation of civil society
organizations, regional mechanisms (CoE and IACHR) and UN agencies (IOM, ILO,
UNODC, UN Women).
Special Rapporteur on the
promotion of truth, justice,
reparation & guarantees of nonrecurrence
On 5 March, the former Special Rapporteur, Pablo de Greiff, convened, together with
the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, a highlevel side event at the thirty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council to launch
their joint study on the contribution of transitional justice to the prevention of gross
violations and abuses of human rights and serious violations of international
humanitarian law. Panellists included the former Special Rapporteur and the Special
Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, the Special Envoy of
the African Union on Women, Peace and Security (Bineta Diop), the Regional
Director for Asia Pacific at the Open Society Foundation (Binaifer Nowrojee), Marko
Milanovic from the University of Nottingham and Rama Mani from the University of
Oxford. The event was moderated by journalist and broadcaster Tim Sebastian.
From 6 to 7 December, the Special Rapporteur, Fabian Salvioli, convened an expert
meeting on “Practical Experiences of Domestic Reparations Programmes”.
Special Rapporteur on the
human rights to safe drinking
water and sanitation
On 12 November, the Special Rapporteur organized a regional expert consultation on
impact of mega projects on the human rights to water and sanitation to inform a
thematic report that will be presented to the UN General Assembly in 2019.
On 11 and 12 September, the Special Rapporteur organized two civil society
roundtables on the impact of mega projects on the human rights to water and sanitation
to obtain inputs for a thematic report that will be presented to the UN General
Assembly in 2019 and for another thematic report concerning human rights to water
and sanitation in public spaces that will be presented at the 42nd session of the Human
Rights Council in 2019.
From 14 to 17 May, the Special Rapporteur organized two expert consultations on the
human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation of forcibly displaced persons to
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