A/HRC/9/20 page 14 of Racial Discrimination; senior officials within OCHCR and staff there who worked or are working on the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery; and NGOs such as Save the Children, Franciscans International, Antislavery International, World Vision and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The main purpose of these meetings was to introduce the mandate and to also gather information that would help form the scope of the work of the Special Rapporteur. 48. From 19 to 20 June 2008, the Special Rapporteur participated in the information session in Geneva organized by OHCHR for new mandate-holders. The meeting served as an introduction to the structure, work of the international human rights mechanisms and the assistance provided by the OHCHR to Special Rapporteurs. 49. From 23 to 27 June 2008, the Special Rapporteur attended the 15th annual meeting of special rapporteurs, representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of working groups of the Human Rights Council. This meeting offered a unique opportunity to meet with other mandate-holders, finalize the methods of working for mandate-holders and learn in more detail about the work of OHCHR, integrating human rights approaches and mechanisms in the work of special procedures and have a consultation with NGOs and national human rights institutions. VI. CONCLUSIONS 50. Over the period of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur will propose concrete recommendations to address the prevention of slavery for those who are at risk of being enslaved and the restoration and protection of the human rights and dignity of enslaved persons. 51. The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery realizes the complexity of the mandate and acknowledges that there are many cross-cutting issues and overlaps with the mandates of other special procedures and other human rights mechanisms. She will therefore focus on working on forced labour, child labour as it relates to the economic exploitation of children, and domestic work where she will seek, as far as possible, to do joint work, for example, with treaty bodies and other special procedures. 52. The Special Rapporteur will work on contemporary forms of child labour for economic exploitation. She will analyse the structural causes in modern forms of slavery, such as children working in sweatshops. In doing this she will seek to cooperate with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises and other relevant actors. 53. The Special Rapporteur will also look at traditional forms of slavery such as bonded labour and serfdom. The Special Rapporteur acknowledges that these practices are still very real today despite various efforts made by Governments and NGOs to eradicate them. 54. The Special Rapporteur hopes that she will be able to establish a constructive dialogue and count on the cooperation of all stakeholders (such as NGOs, academia,