A/HRC/10/16 page 9 17. In setting her agenda, the Special Rapporteur will take the following critical issues relating to trafficking into consideration: • Scarcity of research and data • Migration and linkages to trafficking • Linkages to HIV and AIDS • Linkages to conflict • Linkages to MDGs • Linkages to gender-based violence and gender inequality • In-depth study into the demand for trafficked victims • Provision of integrated assistance and services - legal, medical, shelter, protection, psychosocial support to trafficked victims • Promotion of international, regional and subregional cooperation 18. While it is not possible, humanly and in terms of resources, to look at all facets and ramifications of trafficking outlined above within the term of three years of the mandate, the Special Rapporteur will make earnest efforts while focusing on trafficking especially of women and children to undertake work in areas that have not been previously examined or where interventions are limited. This will include but is not limited to trafficking in men and boys, addressing root causes such as gender inequalities, poverty and lack of human security as well as demand especially for “cheap labour” as a root cause. The Special Rapporteur will also work towards facilitating a framework for a database disaggregated by gender, age, sector and region. Importantly, she will work to promote a human rights-centred approach aimed at providing redress for trafficking victims, including the promotion of a focus on compensation for victims as part of the justice process. II. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK 19. Trafficking is a grave violation of human rights, especially the right to liberty and the right not to be held in slavery or involuntary servitude; the right to be free from cruel and inhumane treatment, the right to be free from violence, and the right to health, amongst others. A. International human rights instruments 20. Prior to the adoption of the Palermo Protocol, the United Nations and its agencies had over the years adopted various human rights instruments which contain provisions relevant to addressing trafficking in persons. These include: