A/HRC/RES/44/4 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 30 June–17 July 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 16 July 2020 44/4. Trafficking in persons, especially women and children: strengthening human rights through enhanced protection, support and empowerment of victims of trafficking, especially women and children The Human Rights Council, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Reiterating its strong condemnation of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, which constitutes an offence and a serious threat to human dignity and physical integrity, human rights and sustainable development, Recalling all relevant United Nations resolutions, in particular those of the General Assembly and Human Rights Council, relating to trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Reaffirming the principles set forth in relevant human rights instruments and declarations, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto, Reaffirming also the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, and reaffirming in particular the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, which has its twentieth anniversary in 2020, Reaffirming further the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) and the Protocol of 2014 thereto, the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) and the Recommendation on Supplementary Measures for the Effective Suppression of Forced Labour, 2014 (No. 203) of the International Labour Organization, GE.20-09795(E) 