A/HRC/26/37 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 17/1. It outlines the activities of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children and contains a thematic analysis of the first decade of the mandate. II. Activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur 2. With regard to the activities carried out from 1 March to 31 July 2013, the Special Rapporteur refers to her report submitted to the General Assembly (A/68/256). Her activities from 1 August 2013 to 28 February 2014 are briefly outlined below. A. Participation in conferences and consultations 3. The Special Rapporteur convened regional consultations on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons in Bangkok on 27 September 2013, in Abuja on 21 November 2013 and in Amman on 9 January 2014. She also convened global consultations on the same topic in New York on 24 October 2013 and in Vienna on 7 November 2013. 4. On October 7 2013, the Special Rapporteur took part as a panellist in the showcase session of the International Bar Association on the theme of “Human trafficking: modern slavery”. 5. On 2 November, she presented a keynote address on what it will it take to end the impunity of human trafficking during a workshop on the theme of “Trafficking in human beings: modern slavery” organized by the Vatican. 6. On 6 November, she delivered opening remarks at the fifth session of the Working Group on Trafficking in Persons. 7. On 19 and 20 November, she participated in a conference organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on combating forced labour and trafficking in Africa. 8. On 4 December, she convened a panel for non-State actors on preventing and addressing the trafficking of persons in global supply chains, during the second session of the Forum on Business and Human Rights. 9. On 17 and 18 February the Special Rapporteur took part in a meeting of the expert group of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime working on the issue of trafficking in persons. The group met to develop a paper on the concept of consent in the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Thereafter, she attended the high-level conference organized by the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Governments of Austria and Switzerland entitled “Not for sale – joining forces against trafficking in human beings”. B. Country visits 10. The Special Rapporteur visited Italy from 12 to 20 September 2013, Bahamas and Belize from 9 to 16 December 2013 and Seychelles from 27 to 31 January 2014 at the invitation of the respective Governments. Full reports of those visits are contained in the 3