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12 Nov 2012

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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Expert Group Meeting: Human Trafficking & Global Supply Chains (12-13 November 2012)

[T]he Special Rapporteur [on trafficking in persons, especially women & children] devoted her report to the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly… to the issue of trafficking in global supply chains…As a follow-up to this report, the Special Rapporteur convened a two-day Expert Group Meeting in Human Trafficking & Global Supply Chains…in Ankara, Turkey. The aims of the Expert Group Meeting were: 1. To deepen the discussion around the main findings of the Special Rapporteur’s report and its recommendations for follow-up; 2. To enhance and deepen thematic expertise on issues relating to human trafficking and supply chains; 3. To share information across stakeholder groups on current trends, good practices and lessons learned, including case studies, in addressing trafficking in global supply chains; and 4. To consider and discuss elements of possible standards and indicators for achieving a trafficking free supply chain.