The UN scam on human trafficking: No protection for the victims

On 8th March, United Nations agencies, governments and non-governmental organisations across the world celebrated “International Women’s Day”. But in the United Nations Human Rights Council there was silence about the lack of protection for the victims of trafficking. At its sixtieth session in 2004, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in its decision 2004/110 decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children to focus on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons. The Special Rapporteur was invited to submit annual reports together with recommendations on measures required to uphold and protect the human rights of the victims. The Commission requested the Special Rapporteur to respond effectively to reliable information on possible human rights violations with a view to protecting the human rights of actual or potential victims of trafficking and to cooperate fully with other relevant special rapporteurs, in particular the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and to take full account of their contributions to the issue. On 19 April 2004, Ms Sigma Huda, a Bangladeshi national was appointed Special Rapporteur. When the Commission on Human Rights was closed down, the newly established Human Rights Council assumed the role of the Commission on Human Rights and its Special Procedures.