A/HRC/12/21 page 5 and campaign for the protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers, in particular women migrant workers, both documented and undocumented. The presentation made by the Special Rapporteur was entitled “Women migrants in the informal economy and domestic work”. C. Conferences 5. On 14 September 2008, the Special Rapporteur was invited to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University to give a talk on contemporary forms of slavery. Her presentation covered issues related to forced labour and trafficking in humans. 6. On 22 and 23 September 2008 the Special Rapporteur attended the Follow-up Technical Seminar to the Sixth Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons Conference on National Rapporteurs and Equivalent Mechanisms convened in Vienna by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. She was the keynote speaker. The Special Rapporteur spoke about the slavery mandate and the role that national rapporteurs can play at the national level in monitoring actions taken by States with regard to human rights. 7. The Special Rapporteur also attended the International Trade Union Conference on Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking held in Athens from 21 to 23 November 2008. The presentation made by the Special Rapporteur was entitled “Global perspectives of forced labour”. She addressed the issues of domestic workers, child labour and forced labour in the informal economy. 8. From 25 to 28 November 2008, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special Rapporteur on the human rights aspects of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, attended the Third World Congress on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She participated in a high-level panel on the subject “Initiatives of corporate social responsibility”. Her presentation covered the worst forms of child labour, hereditary forms of child slavery, domestic servitude and child labour used by corporations. The Special Rapporteur also presented best practices and methodologies to fight against child labour. 9. On 12 September 2008, the Special Rapporteur, together with five other special procedures mandate holders and a representative of civil society, was invited to speak on a panel discussing the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council. The Special Rapporteur presented concrete methods for integrating gender in the work of special procedures, in her mandate and in the work of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. 10. On 2 and 3 December 2008, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Expert Seminar on the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, organized by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Ministry of Gender Equality and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain and held in Madrid. The Special Rapporteur delivered the keynote speech, describing her mandate, methods of work, and the areas to be covered during her three-year mandate.