Gulnara Shahinian is an Armenian diplomat and author who studies human trafficking.[1] She is a member of the Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings and the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery[2] from 2006 until 2014.[3]

Shahinian in 2010 with UK Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne

She studied international law at the Saint Petersburg Institute of International Relations, and English and Russian Linguistics at Yerevan State University.[2]

Publications

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  • Shahinian, Gulnara (2015). “Traditions, Law and Practice: Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon.” In Siobhán Mullally, ed., Care, Migration and Human Rights: Law and Practice, pp. 131-149. London: Routledge
  • United Nations Human Rights Council (2013). Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Gulnara Shahinian: Thematic report on challenges and lessons in combating contemporary forms of slavery. A/HRC/24/43. 1 July.
  • United Nations Human Rights Council (2014). Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Gulnara Shahinian: Follow-up mission to Mauritania. A/HRC/27/53/Add.1. 26 August.
  • Shahinian, Gulnara (2008). “Trafficking in persons in the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia: New challenges for transitional democracies.” In Sally Cameron and Edward Newman, eds., Trafficking in humans: Social, cultural and political dimensions, pp. 252-273. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

References

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  1. ^ "GIN Interview: Gulnara Shahinian". Global Initiative. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Gulnara Shahinian". The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences". Office of the High Commission. United Nations Human Rights. Retrieved 10 June 2020.