A/HRC/29/38 D. Communication with victims 78. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur focuses on the rights and needs of victims of trafficking and the Special Rapporteur will continue to consult victims and involve them in the work of the mandate. The Special Rapporteur is convinced that the involvement of victims is critical to ensuring that the measures taken to address trafficking benefit those in need; that unintended harmful consequences are anticipated and avoided; and that opportunities for change and improvement are identified in a timely way. 79. The Special Rapporteur is explicitly mandated to respond effectively to reliable allegations of human rights violations with a view to protecting the rights of actual or potential victims of trafficking. In accordance with established procedure, the Special Rapporteur will communicate cases to States, requesting clarification and action.28 E. Cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms and organizations 80. The Special Rapporteur intends to work in collaboration with other special procedures mechanisms which examine issues relating to trafficking, including but not limited to: the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants; the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences; the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The Special Rapporteur will continue to strengthen the work of the trafficking mandate while delineating its intersections with related mandates. In this regard, she will try to identify possible joint initiatives that can complement each other’s work, such as joint communications on allegations of human rights violations and the issuance of joint press statements. 81. In the course of her work the Special Rapporteur intends to strengthen the mandate’s engagement with relevant treaty bodies29 in order to create synergy to ensure States’ accountability with regard to the issue of trafficking in persons. She will benefit from their expertise and their concluding observations, general comments/recommendations and case law on issues relating to trafficking, to which she also expects to contribute when relevant. She also believes that the universal periodic review contributes to strengthening efforts aimed at combating trafficking in persons as part of a holistic review of a country’s human rights situation. 82. The mandate holder also values cooperation with United Nations agencies, international organizations and existing coordination mechanisms around the world and intends to build on those partnerships to consolidate a collaborative approach to the fight against trafficking. 28 29 20 See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Trafficking/Pages/complaints.aspx. Including the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Human Rights Committee, the Committee against Torture, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.