A/HRC/44/45/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 April 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fourth session 15 June–3 July 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Montenegro Report of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children*, ** Summary During her country visit to Montenegro, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, examined the main forms of trafficking in persons, at the domestic and international levels. She commended the efforts of Montenegro in the prevention of specific forms trafficking, especially the trafficking of children for the purposes of begging and unlawful marriage, through inclusion strategies aimed at affected communities. She welcomed the establishment of a new operational unit to identify, investigate and prosecute cases of trafficking, with a view to establishing a multidisciplinary approach to identification and protection. However, she raised concerns about weaknesses in the support system, in particular insufficient funding for service providers of assistance to trafficked persons. The Special Rapporteur also analysed the situation of Montenegro as a transit country on the Balkan route and the need to increase efforts in support of vulnerable migrants and the early identification of trafficked persons among them. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitters’ control. GE.20-05864(E) 