INTRODUCTION At the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), which was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in September 2001, the members of the APF: • • agreed to consider a reference on the issue of trafficking to the Advisory Council of Jurists; and requested the Secretariat to develop a proposal for such a reference for consideration by Forum members between meetings. The Advisory Council of Jurists1 met in New Delhi, India from 11 to 12 November 2002 to consider the Terms of Reference. An interim report was presented to the Forum on 13 November 2000. The Council now presents its Final Report to the Forum. This report contains the recommendations of the Council and answers the specific questions set out in the reference. Annexed to this report are the recommendations of Ms Anne Gallagher, extracted from her background paper provided to the Council and the Resolution of the Pre Forum NGO Consultation on Trafficking and National Institutions. The Advisory Council of Jurists substantially endorses the recommendations contained therein. 1 Members of the Advisory Council of Jurists present were Mr Fali Sam Nariman (India) (President), Professor Gillian Triggs (Australia), Honourable Justice Jayant Prakash (Fiji), Professor Jacob E Sahetapy (Indonesia), Mr Jugnee Amarsanaa (Mongolia), Mr Daman Nath Dhugana (Nepal), Honourable Justice Susan Glazebrook (New Zealand) and Ambassador Sedfrey Ordonez (Philippines). 3