A/HRC/35/37 I. Introduction 1. In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 26/8, the Special Rapporteur outlines the activities she undertook during the period under review and presents a thematic section on the efforts of multi-stakeholder initiatives and industry coalitions1 in addressing, through voluntary standards, human trafficking in supply chains. The Special Rapporteur would like to thank all stakeholders who participated in the consultations and follow-up for the thematic section; their insights and openness in discussing these issues made that section possible. She wishes to thank the stakeholders also for the trust they place in the mandate holder to advance debate. II. Activities of the mandate holder 2. With regard to the activities carried out from 1 May 2016 to 31 July 2016, the Special Rapporteur refers to the most recent report she submitted to the General Assembly (A/71/303). Her activities from 1 August 2016 to 28 February 2017 are briefly outlined below. A. Participation in conferences and consultations 3. On 19 September 2016, the Special Rapporteur participated in the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants, and intervened during round table 6 on addressing vulnerabilities of refugees and migrants on their journeys from their countries of origin to their countries of arrival. 4. On 21 September, the Special Rapporteur participated as a panellist at a side event, held in the framework of the high-level plenary meeting, on the Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative and addressing human trafficking in conflict and post-conflict situations, organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the United States of America Department of State. 5. Also on 21 September, the Special Rapporteur participated as a speaker at the launch of Alliance 8.7, organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The Alliance is an inclusive global partnership with a diverse membership that aims to facilitate the strategic coordination of the diverse stakeholders interested in achieving target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Special Rapporteur also participated in a Wilton Park event, held from 1 to 3 February 2017, to engage in brainstorming on the governance structure of the Alliance and the next steps in its operationalization. 6. On 28 October, the Special Rapporteur presented her thematic report on trafficking during conflict and in post-conflict situations (A/71/303) to the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. 7. Also in October, the Special Rapporteur convened a meeting with representatives of social auditing organizations at United Nations Headquarters in New York, as part of a project on engaging with business actors to eradicate trafficking in persons from supply chains. More information on the project and the meeting is given below. 8. In November, the Special Rapporteur addressed the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition at its 2016 annual conference, as keynote speaker in a session on trends in global supply chain governance, at which participants discussed new regulatory frameworks on transparency in supply chains and the regulatory path to greater accountability of companies for labour abuses committed in their supply chains. 9. Also in November the Special Rapporteur took part in the panel discussion on international refugee protection and European responses held at the Vienna Migration 1 For a definition of multi-stakeholder initiatives and a description of industrial coalitions, see paras. 32-36. 3