FROM BONDAGE TO FREEDOM 57 the civil society at all levels in the strategic areas of prevention, protection, prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration. Conclusion This chapter has shown that under International Human Rights Law, a neat legal framework and monitoring mechanism exists to tackle the issue of trafficking. The concept of State responsibility ensures that the State not only respects and protects the Human Rights of persons from the agents of the State, but also from non-State actors. Infact, the State has human rights obligations not only towards its own citizens but towards non-citizens also. A perusal of the international treaties and conventions has brought to fore that all the fundamental human rights related to trafficking are protected by these conventions and treaties. Most of the human rights treaties abolish slavery, servitude, forced labour, debt bondage and practices similar to slavery. The 1926 Slavery Convention was the first international legal instrument to refer to the practices of forced and compulsory labour. The ILO’s 1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention goes further, obliging State Parties to take effective measures to secure immediate and complete abolition of forced or compulsory labour. The Women’s Convention, the Children Convention and the International Convention on Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers, all represent thematic laws and are adopted to look into the special problems faced by women, children and migrants who are the most vulnerable to trafficking. These Conventions underline the importance of principles of non-discrimination, equality, liberty, freedom of movement and dignity of human being and all these conventions have special provisions dealing with trafficking. Apart from laws, the UN and its agencies have contributed immensely in implementation and protection of human rights. The mechanisms of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Commission of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Special Rapporteurs, are all designed around the need to respect human rights. ILO, IOM, UNDP, UNESCO and UNICEF sponsor and carry out special programmes for the prevention of trafficking in persons. Further, regional mechanisms present in Europe, North-South America, Asia and Africa