A/HRC/17/35 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 8/12. It briefly outlines the activities of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, from 1 March 2010 to 1 March 2011 and contains a thematic analysis on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons. II. Activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur 2. With regard to the activities carried out from 1 March to 31 August 2010, the Special Rapporteur makes reference to her latest report to the General Assembly (A/65/288). Her activities from 1 September 2010 to 1 March 2011 are briefly outlined below. 3. The Special Rapporteur visited Argentina and Uruguay from 6 to 12 September 2010 and from 13 to 17 September 2010, respectively, at the invitation of the Governments. The reports of these visits are presented as addenda to the present report. 4. On 4 and 5 October 2010, the Special Rapporteur convened a consultation with antitrafficking experts from nine regional organizations in Dakar. Further, on 22 and 23 November 2010, the Special Rapporteur convened an expert consultation on the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons, in Bratislava, in preparation of the present report. The summary reports of these consultations are provided as addenda to the present report. 5. On 19 October 2010, the Special Rapporteur delivered a keynote speech at the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, held in Vienna. 6. On 25 October 2010, the Special Rapporteur presented her annual report to the General Assembly, which focused on the prevention of trafficking in persons. 7. On 2 December 2010, the Special Rapporteur addressed the press conference organized by anti trafficking action (ASTRA) in Belgrade, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (“Palermo Protocol”). 8. On 3 December 2010, the Special Rapporteur delivered a keynote speech at the interparliamentary conference, entitled “Parliaments united against human trafficking”, held by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Paris. III. A. Thematic analysis: the right to an effective remedy for trafficked persons Introduction 9. In the exercise of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur received a number of reports that trafficked persons are frequently left without remedies or the support necessary to access them, which often gives rise to risks of further human rights violations and retrafficking. The Special Rapporteur found that despite the fundamental guarantee of the right to an effective remedy under international law, there remains a large gap in practice between legal provisions and their implementation in relation to trafficked persons. 3