A/HRC/23/48 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 17/1. It briefly outlines the activities of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, from 1 August 2012 to 28 February 2013, and contains a thematic analysis of the integration of a human rights-based approach in measures to discourage demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, and which leads to human trafficking. II. Activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur 2. With regard to the activities carried out from 1 March 2012 to 31 July 2012, the Special Rapporteur refers to her most recent report submitted to the General Assembly (A/67/261). Her activities from 1 August 2012 to 28 February 2013 are briefly outlined below. A. Participation in conferences and consultations 3. On 28 February 2013, during the twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur participated in the side event on the topic “Women‟s Access to Justice: Models, Strategies and Practices from the Field”, held by the International Development Law Organization. 4. On 12–13 November, 2012, the Special Rapporteur convened a two-day expert meeting in Ankara on issues relating to human trafficking and supply chains, in particular to deepen the discussion on the standards applicable to businesses in addressing trafficking in the context of global supply chains. During the consultation, international experts from different stakeholder groups shared information on current trends, good practices and lessons learned in addressing trafficking in global supply chains and discussed elements of possible standards and indicators for achieving a trafficking-free supply chain. The summary report of the expert meeting is presented as an addendum to the present report. 5. On 26 October 2012, she participated as a panellist on the topic of trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants in international law in the Seminar on the Trafficking of Persons and Smuggling of Migrants, held in Santiago by the National Institute of Human Rights of Chile. 6. On 18 October 2012, the Special Rapporteur attended as a panellist the conference “Working together towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings: The Way Forward”, organized in Brussels by the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on the occasion of the Sixth European Union AntiTrafficking Day. 7. On 16 October 2012, she participated in the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in Vienna. At this event, she made a statement highlighting the role of multilateral and regional cooperation in alleviating factors that make persons vulnerable to trafficking; developing and effectively implementing strategies to prevent trafficking in persons and in setting relevant standards; as well as a potential role of the private sector in the fight against trafficking in persons. 8. On 28–30 September 2012, the Special Rapporteur participated as a speaker in the Atlantic Dialogues, an annual gathering of public- and private-sector leaders from around 3