A/HRC/37/37/Add.1 slavery, including its causes and its consequences. Sustainable Development Goals, attending both the high-level launch, held in New York in September 2016, and a consultation on child labour and forced labour, held in Addis Ababa in June 2017. Special Rapporteur on the Nothing to report promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Special Rapporteur on torture Throughout 2017, the Special Rapporteur participated in a number of thematic and other cruel, inhuman or consultations, workshops and events on torture in the context of migration, disabilitydegrading treatment or specific forms of deprivation of liberty, extra-custodial use of force and on procedural punishment safeguards to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. From 28 to 30 August and from 4 to 6 Septembe, the Special Rapporteur held expert consultations on the topic of migration-related torture and ill-treatment in Geneva and Mexico City, with the support of the Association for the Prevention of Torture and the Ibero-American University. The initiative to develop a universal protocol for non-coercive interrogation process was launched in Geneva in October under the auspices of the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT). The initiative is led by the APT and the former special rapporteur on torture, with the support and participation of the current mandate holder. The October 2016 inaugural meeting was followed in October 2017 by a consultation involving several states, in addition to international experts. Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children From 1 to 3 February, the Special Rapporteur participated in a strategic workshop held in Wilton Park (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) to begin operationalizing Alliance 8.7, a global partnership launched in New York on 21 September 2016 to eradicate forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour, in compliance with target 8.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (General Assembly resolution 70/1). In July, the Special Rapporteur was a panellist at an event on the identification and referral of trafficked persons from among international protection seekers, organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Italian Ministry of Interior, in Rome. Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation & guarantees of non-recurrence With a view to the elaboration of the joint study by the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence with the SG Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, two expert meetings were held in 2017 (Geneva and New York), which focused on the preventive aspects of a number of issues, including security sector reform, history education, constitutional reform and strengthening of civil society. The Joint Study will be presented to the Human Rights Council in March 2018. Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights The Special Rapporteur held a workshop on 3 June which brought together 8 leading experts on sanctions to develop a draft global registry of UCMs, as well as a draft declaration on UCMs. These ideas were then presented in his report to the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council. At the same session, on the 14th of September the Biennial panel discussion on unilateral coercive measures and human rights was held to increase awareness of the negative impact of UCMs on human rights. Special Rapporteur on On 13 March, the Special Rapporteur participated in the sixty-first session of the violence against women, its Commission on the Status of Women and presented an oral report outlining the current causes and consequences priorities of the mandate. In June, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Human Rights Council annual day of discussion on the human rights of women, addressing the panel on “Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls”. Furthermore, the mandate holder 56