A/HRC/34/55 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 7/13 and 25/6. It contains information on the activities of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography since her previous report, which was presented to the Human Rights Council in March 2016. It also contains a thematic study on illegal adoptions. II. Activities A. Country visits 2. The Special Rapporteur undertook a visit to Georgia from 11 to 18 April 2016. 1 She also conducted a joint visit to Nigeria, from 18 to 22 January 2016, with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.2 3. The Government of the Dominican Republic postponed a visit agreed for 31 October to 7 November 2016. The Governments of Bulgaria and Cameroon responded positively to the visit requests sent by the Special Rapporteur, who also received an invitation to visit Paraguay. The Special Rapporteur encourages Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nepal, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam and Zambia to respond positively to her requests to conduct a visit to their countries, and invites India to propose dates for the agreed visit. B. Other activities 1. Conferences and engagement with stakeholders 4. On 24 May 2016, the Special Rapporteur was a speaker at an event in The Hague marking the fiftieth anniversary of Terre des Hommes Netherlands. On 7 June 2016, in Geneva, the Special Rapporteur, with the support of Plan International, launched a series of publications on the mandate.3 5. As a member of the Interagency Working Group on Sexual Exploitation of Children, the Special Rapporteur spoke at the launch, held in Geneva on 14 June 2016, of the Terminology Guidelines for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. 6. On 21 June 2016, the Special Rapporteur spoke at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe during a debate on the oversexualization of children, in Strasbourg, France. 7. On 12 July 2016, she made an intervention at the official launch of the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, in New York. 1 2 3 A/HRC/34/55/Add.1. A/HRC/32/32/Add.2. See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Children/Pages/ChildrenIndex.aspx. 3