A/HRC/10/64 page 19 79. As the title suggests, the Principles and Guidelines are divided into two parts. The first part contains 17 principles which, taken together, are intended to provide a solid basis for the development, implementation and evaluation of a rights-based response to trafficking. The principles have been designed for use as a checklist - against which laws, policies and interventions can be measured. 80. The principles are organized under four headings: the primacy of human rights; preventing trafficking; protection and assistance; and criminalization, punishment and redress. The principles included under the first heading are applicable to intervention at all stages of the trafficking cycle: recruitment, transportation and subjection to exploitation. The principles included under the subsequent three headings identify the object and parameters of intervention at different times in the cycle of trafficking: preventive measures before a person becomes trafficked; measures for the protection of and assistance to persons who have become trafficked; and criminal and civil proceedings against traffickers. 81. The second part of the document contains a series of 11 guidelines, most of which relate back to and expand upon one or more of the principles. Unlike the principles, the guidelines are intended to provide practical direction to States, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs and others on the steps that can be taken to ensure that the key principles are translated into effective and realistic responses. 82. The Principles and Guidelines establish a framework for good practice and, using accepted international legal standards, provide more specific and detailed guidance for States in areas such as legislation, criminal justice responses, victim detention and victim protection and support. B. Use of the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking by United Nations agencies and others 83. Since 2002 the Principles and Guidelines have been cited in numerous policy documents and interpretive texts including, most significantly, the Legislative Guide to the Organized Crime Convention and the Protocols thereto (UNODC) and the commentary on the provisions of the European Trafficking Convention (Council of Europe).40 Resolutions adopted by various European bodies and the Organization of American States have recommended that the Principles and Guidelines be used in integrating human rights as a normative framework for counter-trafficking work. There is wide support for and use of the Principles and Guidelines amongst the United Nations agencies most involved in this issue, including the Division for the Advancement of Women, UNICEF, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (UNIAP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 40 Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, Council of Europe Treaty Series No. 197, 16 May 2005, entered into force on 1 February 2008. As of 17 November 2008, 19 States have ratified it and it is opened for accession to all States, members and non-members of the Council of Europe.