A/HRC/39/52 Contents Page I. 2 Introduction and activities of the Special Rapporteur ................................................................... 3 A. Participation in consultations and conferences ..................................................................... 3 B. Country and follow-up visits ................................................................................................ 3 II. Legal concepts: slavery, servitude and forced labour .................................................................... 4 III. State obligations under international human rights law and labour law to protect migrant workers in domestic servitude ....................................................................................................... 5 IV. Women migrant domestic workers, economic policies and causes of servitude ........................... 6 V. Human rights violations and access to justice ............................................................................... 10 VI. The role of private employment agencies ..................................................................................... 13 VII. Positive measures to protect against domestic servitude ............................................................... 14 VIII. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 16 A. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 16 B. Recommendations to States .................................................................................................. 17 C. Recommendations to other stakeholders............................................................................... 19