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(e)
Examine the impact of anti-trafficking measures on the human rights of
victims of trafficking in persons with a view to proposing adequate responses to challenges
arising in this regard and to avoid re-victimization of victims of trafficking;
(f)
Give particular emphasis to recommendations on practical solutions with
regard to the implementation of the rights relevant to the mandate, including by the
identification of concrete areas and means for international and regional cooperation and
capacity-building to tackle the issue of trafficking in persons;
(g)
Request, receive and exchange information on trafficking in persons from
Governments, treaty bodies, special procedures, specialized agencies, intergovernmental
and non-governmental organizations and other relevant sources, as appropriate, and, in
accordance with current practice, respond effectively to reliable information on alleged
human rights violations with a view to protecting the human rights of actual or potential
victims of trafficking;
(h)
Work in close cooperation, while avoiding unnecessary duplication, with
other special procedures and subsidiary organs of the Human Rights Council, relevant
United Nations bodies, agencies and mechanisms, including the United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime, the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons, the
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime, including its Working Group on Trafficking in Persons and the Working
Group on the Review of the Implementation of the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, treaty bodies and regional human
rights mechanisms, as well as national human rights institutions, civil society and the
private sector;
(i)
Report annually on the implementation of the present resolution to the
Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, according to their respective
programmes of work;
3.
Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
ensure that the Special Rapporteur receives the resources necessary to enable him or her to
discharge the mandate fully;
4.
Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur and to
consider responding favourably to his or her requests to visit their countries, and to provide
him or her with all necessary information relating to the mandate to enable him or her to
fulfil the mandate effectively;
5.
Encourages Governments to refer to the Recommended Principles and
Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking developed by the Office of the High
Commissioner1 as a useful tool in integrating a human rights-based approach into their
responses to combat trafficking in persons;
6.
Decides to continue consideration of the issue of trafficking in persons,
especially women and children, in accordance with its annual programme of work.
33rd meeting
16 June 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
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