A/HRC/15/27 awareness had increased, but the messages varied. For example, there was often a subtext to prevention programmes that migration was dangerous and should be stopped, which was neither rights-based nor empowering for the many individuals who needed to move to find work. Too few prevention campaigns were subject to impact assessment. With respect to demand, the speaker questioned whether there was indeed any agreement on what that entailed. Would efforts to reduce demand lead to blanket measures or to targeted ones? He also pointed out that different interventions would be required to address different types of demand. IV. Conclusions and recommendations 45. The Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, summed up the findings and conclusions of the Seminar. Most importantly, on the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking, she affirmed, based on the statements and discussions of all participants, that the tool had proved to be a valuable resource for States, the international community and civil society. Many participants were able to provide specific examples of how the Principles and Guidelines had influenced law, policy and practice. The seminar confirmed that a human rights approach to combating human trafficking was one that was normatively based on international human rights standards and operationally directed to promoting and protecting human rights. In a practical sense such an approach worked to end the impunity of perpetrators while also securing justice and rights for those who had been trafficked and preventing future trafficking. Seminar participants affirmed that such an approach currently enjoyed widespread support and that there was growing agreement as to the key elements of an effective, rights-based approach to trafficking. The Principles and Guidelines had been instrumental in guiding the development of rights-based responses and were widely appreciated by all stakeholders. 46. The Special Rapporteur noted that the Principles and Guidelines did much more than promote a rights-based approach to trafficking; they provided substantive and detailed guidance on the content of such an approach and on how it could be effectively integrated into anti-trafficking responses. Because they were firmly based on international law, the Principles and Guidelines complemented and reinforced the international legal framework around trafficking, including the human rights law and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Seminar participants welcomed the forthcoming commentary to the Principles and Guidelines which, it was felt, would significantly enhance their impact and usefulness. 47. Referring to the challenges of victim identification, protection and support, the Special Rapporteur affirmed that States had a clear legal obligation to provide protection and support to victims of trafficking. Such protection and assistance should be provided on a non-conditional and non-discriminatory basis. That obligation might rest primarily on countries of destination but would also involve countries of origin and transit. As the Principles and Guidelines made clear, victims should not be criminalized for status-related offences. They should also not be detained in immigration centres, prisons or shelters. Failure to identify victims of trafficking was a serious obstacle to recognition and protection of their rights. All States must work harder to ensure that victims are quickly and accurately identified. Victims must also be allowed to access remedies, including compensation, for the harms committed against them. All persons had a right to be protected against trafficking and victims 13