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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

NEXT REPORT:
ISSUES OF FORCED MARRIAGES RELEVANT TO TRAFFICKING

CALL FOR INFORMATION - QUESTIONNAIRE ATTACHED English, French, Spanish

Contacts: rrico@ohchr.org
gclottey@ohchr.org

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Dear All,

Please note that the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. will devote her next thematic report to the aspects of the issue of forced marriages that are relevant to her mandate.
She has prepared a questionnaire to gather information on this subject. The questionnaire is attached below in English, French and Spanish. The Special Rapporteur would be grateful if responses could reach her no later than 31 October, so that they can be reflected in her next report to the Human Rights Council. Please send your responses to the questionnare as well as other relevant information to Ms. Rachel Rico-Balzan (rrico@ohchr.org) and Geneviève Clottey (gclottey@ohchr.org) Fax: +41 22 9179006. Please also forward the questionnaire to your partners and other relevant organizations.

Best regards
The Secretariat of the Mandate

Genevieve Clottey
UN OHCHR/SPB
tel. (41-22) 917 91 99
fax: (41-22) 917 90 06
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Forced Marriage and Trafficking in Person

The following Questionnaire concerns the issue of forced-marriages for the preparation of the next annual report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in persons, Especially Women and Children to the UN Human Rights Council, according to Commission on Human Rights Decision 2004/110 and Human Rights Council's decision 2006/102.

Name of the Respondent (country/organization/expert/other):

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Country/Location: ..................................

I. What are the most common forms of Forced Marriages present in
your country? How do the existing governmental policies and legal frameworks in your country differentiate between Arranged and Forced Marriages?

II. Is Forced Marriage an offence under your national law? How is
Forced Marriage defined?

III. What is the legal framework/practice in your country for
addressing and preventing Forced Marriages and their possible consequential ends (including forced labour, trafficking, etc.)?

IV. Have instances of Forced Marriages resulting in trafficking,
forced labour or other forms of exploitation been found in your country or concerning citizens of your country? Please provide available data/statistics disaggregated by age, gender, nationality, ethnicity, religious orientation, education/skills levels, etc.

V. What mechanism do you have in place for analysing Forced
Marriage trends in your country and their linkages with trafficking/forced labour?

VI. What legislative, administrative and/or other measures are in
place in your country to prevent and combat Forced Marriages? Do your immigration and/or anti-trafficking legislation address the issue of Forced Marriages?

VII. What kind of protection, assistance and avenues for redress
are available to the victims of Forced Marriages and their consequential ends including trafficking, forced labour or other forms of exploitation?
Are these measures effective? Do victims avail themselves of available protection, assistance and redress measures? What are the possible obstacles/challenges in this regard? Are special measures in place for children?

VIII. Does your country/organisation have any programmes to
reintegrate victims of Forced Marriages into the mainstream society?

IX. What regional and/or international policies and initiatives
are in place for the protection and repatriation of victims and their subsequent reintegration into society.

Please provide any other relevant information on the issue of forced
marriage:

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