A/HRC/26/37 including United Nations bodies, intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society, surveyed as part of the preparation for this report have affirmed the positive impact of the mandate on their work and on the antitrafficking sector as a whole. They have drawn particular attention to the contribution of the Special Rapporteur to standard-setting; to mainstreaming human rights into the anti-trafficking discourse; and to drawing attention to emerging and less well-known forms of trafficking. 77. On this basis, the Special Rapporteur offers the following recommendations for the Human Rights Council and future mandate holders. 78. The Human Rights Council should: (a) Continue the mandate, in recognition of the prevalence of trafficking in persons and the need for longer-term strategies with a human rights-based approach; (b) Consider abbreviating the title of the mandate by removing the specific reference to women and children. While that reference is part of the title of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, it may deflect attention from the reality that trafficking is a problem affecting men as well as women and children. However, the substance of the mandate as set out in Human Rights Council resolution 8/12: “to promote the prevention of trafficking in persons in all its forms and the adoption of measures to uphold and protect the human rights of victims” has proved to be a sound one that requires no substantial modifications. 79. Future mandate holders could focus on conceptual and definitional overlaps; the consequences of a human rights-based approach to trafficking; measuring the impact of anti-trafficking interventions, corruption and trafficking; and the effectiveness of victim identification tools. They should: (a) Consider undertaking studies in relation to emerging areas of concern, such as (i) illicit recruitment practices, (ii) trafficking in men for forced and exploitative labour, (iii) trafficking for forced begging and criminal activities, (iv) trafficking for forced or servile marriage and (v) return and the risk of retrafficking. They should consider giving further attention to trafficking in persons for the removal of organs in continuation of the initial work undertaken by the Special Rapporteur; (b) Continue the cooperation between the mandate and international and regional and national mechanisms to combat trafficking in persons, in consultation with victims; (c) Consider collaborating with the Special Rapporteurs on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and its consequences, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the human rights of migrants, to capitalize on common interests and approaches; (d) Continue promoting implementation of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and relevant regional instruments, as well as other standards and policies related to trafficking in persons, including endorsing the draft basic principles on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons and encouraging States to incorporate them into domestic legislation; 21

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