A/HRC/12/21 page 3 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 1-2 4 II. ACTIVITIES OF THE MANDATE .................................................... 3 - 27 4 A. Meetings with Governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations .......................................... 3 4 B. Regional consultations ................................................................ 4 4 C. Conferences ................................................................................ 5 - 12 5 D. Collaboration with the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery ........................................... 13 6 E. Consultative coordination seminar ............................................. 14 6 F. Country visits .............................................................................. 15 - 16 6 G. Communications ......................................................................... 17 - 26 7 H. Public statements ........................................................................ 27 8 28 - 77 8 III. THE PRACTICE OF BONDED LABOUR ........................................ A. Forced labour .............................................................................. 30 - 39 8 B. Bonded labour ............................................................................. 40 - 61 10 C. Forced labour, bonded labour and trafficking ............................ 62 - 69 14 D. The gender component of forced labour and bonded labour ...... 70 - 75 15 IV. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ............................................ 76 - 88 16 A. International instruments ............................................................ 76 - 82 19 B. National instruments ................................................................... 83 - 88 20 V. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .............................. 89 - 99 20 A. Conclusions ................................................................................ 89 - 95 20 B. Recommendations ....................................................................... 96 - 99 21