A/HRC/10/64 page 16 2. Special procedures of the Human Rights Council 68. At its sixtieth session, the Commission on Human Rights decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children.25 In her first thematic report to the Commission, the Rapporteur focused on defining trafficking and its human rights implications.26 Her second thematic report included a study on the relationship between trafficking and the demand for commercial sexual exploitation, with human rights-based recommendations for Governments.27 Her report to the fourth session of the Human Rights Council contained a study on forced marriages in the context of trafficking in persons.28 She recommended that States implement laws that prevent trafficking, including measures to discourage the demand, to criminalize and prosecute trafficking in persons and provide assistance and protection to the victims. 69. At its seventh session in March 2008 the Human Rights Council extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to work in close coordination with, among others, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, bearing in mind their complementarity.29 Both the former and current Special Rapporteurs on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography have addressed the issue of trafficking in both country30 and thematic reports.31 In her first annual report to the Human Rights Council in September 2008, the current Special Rapporteur noted certain definitional issues relevant to her mandate, namely that the notion of the “sale of children” may be interpreted narrowly or else more broadly, to cover “child trafficking”.32 She added that the transnational and regional perspective will be a priority in country visits, along with joint or coordinated visits with other special procedures mandate holders. 70. The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, addressed the question of trafficking in persons, especially women and girls, in her thematic reports to the sixty-first and sixty second-sessions of the Commission on Human Rights.33 In her 25 Decision 2004/110. 26 E/CN.4/2005/71. 27 E/CN.4/2006/62. 28 A/HRC/4/23. 29 Resolution 7/13. 30 E/CN.4/2005/78/Add.2, E/CN.4/2006/67/Add.2, E/CN.4/2006/67/Add.3, A/HRC/4/31/Add.2, A/HRC/7/8/Add.2. 31 A/HRC/9/21 and E/CN.4/2006/67. 32 A/HRC/9/21, para. 16. 33 E/CN.4/2005/72 and E/CN.4/2006/61.