A/HRC/15/60 Bearing in mind the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and its importance for addressing the issues raised by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, 1. Welcomes the work and takes note with appreciation of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,2 which focus on, inter alia, the issues of bonded labour and domestic servitude; 2. Also welcomes the cooperation of those States that have accepted requests for visits by the Special Rapporteur and have responded to her requests for information; 3. Decides to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years; 4. Also decides that the Special Rapporteur shall examine and report on all contemporary forms of slavery and slavery-like practices, but in particular those defined in the Slavery Convention of 1926 and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery of 1956, as well as all other issues covered previously by the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery; in the discharge of his/her mandate, the Special Rapporteur shall: (a) Promote the effective application of relevant international norms and standards on slavery; (b) Request, receive and exchange information on contemporary forms of slavery from Governments, treaty bodies, special procedures, specialized agencies, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other relevant sources, including on slavery practices and, as appropriate, and in line with the current practice, respond effectively to reliable information on alleged human rights violations with a view to protecting the human rights of victims of slavery and preventing violations; (c) Recommend actions and measures applicable at the national, regional and international levels to eliminate slavery practices wherever they occur, including remedies which address the causes and consequences of contemporary forms of slavery, such as poverty, discrimination and conflict, as well as the existence of demand factors and relevant measures to strengthen international cooperation; (d) Focus principally on aspects of contemporary forms of slavery which are not covered by existing mandates of the Human Rights Council; 5. continue: Requests the Special Rapporteur, in carrying out his/her mandate, to (a) To give careful consideration to specific issues within the scope of the mandate and to include examples of effective practices as well as relevant recommendations; (b) slavery; To take account of the gender and age dimensions of contemporary forms of 6. Encourages the Special Rapporteur to compile and analyse examples of national legislation relating to the prohibition of slavery and slavery-like practices in order to assist States in their national efforts to combat contemporary forms of slavery; 7. Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of the tasks and duties mandated, to supply all necessary 2 8 A/HRC/9/20, A/HRC/12/21 and Add.1 and A/HRC/15/20 and Add.1-4. GE.11-17043