UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/12/21 10 July 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Twelfth session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Gulnara Shahinian* * Late submission. GE.09-14552 (E) 130809