A/HRC/19/63 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 7/13 and 16/12 It describes the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur since her last report in March 2011 and provides a thematic study on the protection of children from sale and sexual exploitation following humanitarian crisis due to natural disasters. II. Activities A. Country visits 2. Since her previous reports to the Human Rights Council (A/HR/16/56 and A/HRC/16/57) in March 2011, the Special Rapporteur undertook visits to Mauritius, from 1 to 11 May 2011, and France, from 21 November to 2 December 2011. The reports on both visits are presented as addenda (A/HRC/19/63/Add.1 and 2) to this report, respectively. 3. Since her previous report to the Council, the Special Rapporteur received positive replies from India and Guatemala to her requests to conduct official visits. She has also been invited to visit Honduras. The Special Rapporteur is yet to receive replies to her requests for invitations from Cambodia, Canada, Gambia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Viet Nam and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). B. 1. Other activities Conferences, seminars and engagement with civil society 4. In January 2011, the Special Rapporteur participated in a consultation on national action plans on the right to water and sanitation, organized by the Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation. In March 2011, she participated in an event about “Children on the move in street situations,” organized in parallel to the sixteenth session of the Council. In March 2011, she also attended a regional workshop held in Brussels on the follow-up to the universal periodic review outcomes and the recommendations of other human rights mechanisms. In May 2011, she participated in a symposium entitled “Migration and youth: Harnessing opportunities for development,” organized in New York by the Global Migration Group. In June 2011, she participated in a consultation on the draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, organized by the Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, and attended an expert seminar on “Discrimination on the basis of work and descent,” hosted by the Independent Expert on minority issues. In July 2011, she moderated a segment of the expert meeting on “The legal framework required to prohibit, prevent and respond to all forms of violence against children,” co-organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International NGO Advisory Council for follow-up to the Secretary-General’s Study on violence against children. In September 2011, the Special Rapporteur participated in an expert seminar on the training of security officers on child rights, organized in Dakar by UNICEF, Save the Children and the International Bureau for Children Rights. She also participated in an event organized in Geneva by End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)) in the framework of the “Stop Child Trafficking” campaign. In October 2011, she delivered a keynote speech at the highlevel segment of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in the framework of the 3