A/HRC/10/16 page 10 • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (arts. 1, 2, 4, 22, 23 and 25) • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (arts. 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 23 and 26) • The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (specifically arts. 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12) • The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (arts. 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16)7 • The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (arts. 7, 16, 19, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 39) • The Optional Protocol to CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (arts. 1, 2, 3 and 8) • The Optional Protocol to CRC on involvement of children in armed conflict (arts. 1-4) • The Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (specifically, arts. 1, 3, 13 and 14) • The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (arts. 2, 5 and 6) • ILO Convention No. 29 on Forced or Compulsory Labour (arts. 1, 2 and 6) �� ILO Convention No. 138 concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (arts. 1-3) • ILO Convention No. 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour (in particular, art. 3 (1)) • The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families • The Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime • The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (in particular, art. 7 (1) (c) and (2) (c) 7 Specifically article 6 provides that States parties shall take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of trafficking in women and exploitation of prostitution of women.

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