Special event

Thursday 22^nd October 1:15pm – 2:45pm

ECOSOC Chamber      United Nations headquarters, New York

 Featuring the testimonies of four people

from Nepal, Uganda, United Kingdom and Venezuela who were victims

and are survivors of human trafficking

 To be opened by Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon

 with the

High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay

 and the

Special Rapporteur on Trafficking, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo

 Live webcast at www.un.org/webcast

Resources:

The High Commissioner for Human Rights report on human trafficking, document A/HRC/10/64, presented to the Human Rights Council in March 2009, can be found at:   http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/10session/reports.htm

 The report of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons especially Women and Children, to be presented to the General Assembly on 23 October 2009, document A/64/290, can be found at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/GA/64documents.htm

 The list of countries that are party to the treaty banning human trafficking, the Optional Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, can be found at: http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XVIII-12-a&chapter=18&lang=en

The text of the publication “Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking”, document E/2002/68/Add.1, can be found at:

http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/OHCHR%20Recommended%20Guidelines.pdf

 The 2009 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, published by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, can be found at: http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/global-report-on-trafficking-in-persons.html

                                             New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 2009