A/HRC/33/46 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Urmila Bhoola, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 24/3. 2. Since her presentation to the Human Rights Council at its thirtieth session, in September 2015, the Special Rapporteur has made country visits to Nigeria and El Salvador. The visit to Nigeria was made in conjunction with the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and had the specific aim of assessing efforts made by the Government to assist in rehabilitating and reintegrating women and children who had escaped or been liberated from Boko Haram captivity. The Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health presented the report summarizing the findings of that visit (A/HRC/32/32/Add.2) to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-second session. The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, also visited El Salvador to investigate the prevalence of contemporary slavery there and efforts made by the Government to prevent and eradicate the phenomenon. The report summarizing the findings of that visit (A/HRC/33/46/Add.1) is issued as an addendum. 3. In addition to undertaking the above-mentioned country visits, the Special Rapporteur has participated in a wide range of international conferences and initiatives relating to the prevention and eradication of contemporary forms of slavery. For example, she attended the Global Child Forum on Southern Africa, in September 2015; a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime workshop, in November 2015 in Dakar; and the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, in December 2014 at United Nations Headquarters. Furthermore, on 26 and 27 November 2015, the Special Rapporteur participated in the first African Girls’ Summit on Ending Child Marriage in Africa, together with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences. During that event, she took part in panel discussions and plenary sessions, as well as in a meeting that brought together a number of non-governmental organizations and over 50 young girls who had been subjected to forced marriage. The Special Rapporteur was also appointed a partner of the International Labour Organization’s 50 for Freedom campaign to promote ratification of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) and participated in a number of advocacy activities related to the campaign in South Africa and Zambia, as well as in Geneva. She also took part in a United Nations University, Government of Liechtenstein and Freedom Fund campaign to increase criminal penalties and access to justice in the area of contemporary slavery. 4. In order to produce the present report on global trends in relation to debt bondage, the Special Rapporteur prepared a questionnaire and circulated it to Member States and other stakeholders. Analysis of the questionnaires, as well as desk-based research, informed the report. Additional information supporting the findings of the Special Rapporteur’s report, as well as a full list of the sources consulted, is included in an annex that can be found on the web pages of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences.1 1 GE.16-11363 See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Slavery/SRSlavery/Pages/SRSlaveryIndex.aspx. 3