A/59/377 24. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the entry into force, on 29 September 2003, of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. She is also encouraged by the fact that the two protocols supplementing the Convention, i.e., the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, entered into force on 25 December 2003 and 28 January 2004, in that order. Pursuant to article 32 of the Convention, the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention was held in Vienna from 28 June to 9 July 2004. 25. With regard to mechanisms other than conventions, the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw attention to decision 2004/110, adopted by the Commission on Human Rights at its sixtieth session, providing for the appointment, for a period of three years, of a Special Rapporteur whose mandate will focus on the human rights aspects of the victims of trafficking in persons, especially women and children. The Commission requested the Special Rapporteur to submit an annual report, together with recommendations, on measures required to uphold and protect the human rights of the victims. 26. Over the past few months, United Nations agencies and other international organizations have also paid special attention to the phenomenon of migration. The Special Rapporteur welcomes with satisfaction the establishment of the so-called Geneva Migration Group (GMG). Senior officials of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have agreed to establish an informal mechanism for holding regular consultations for the purpose of, inter alia: exchanging information; identifying critical issues, gaps, best practices, etc., along the migration “life cycle”; agreeing on common positions, responses and actions; providing direction and leadership; contributing to major initiatives of GMG members and the international community; promoting interest, dialogue and debate on migration-related issues; and working towards integrating human rights, refugee protection and criminal justice dimensions in the general debate on migration.4 27. At its ninety-second session, held in Geneva in June 2004, the International Labour Conference announced the adoption of a plan of action on migration to guarantee that migrant workers will be protected by international labour standards, national legislation and legislation relating to social protection. It is very important that the ILO plan envisage the development of a non-binding multilateral framework to promote rights-based actions relating to migrant workers and initiate a dialogue on the issue of migration within ILO, with the participation of international and multilateral organizations. 28. At the regional level, the Special Rapporteur wishes to draw the attention of the General Assembly to Advisory Opinion OC-18/03, on the juridical situation and rights of undocumented migrants, issued on 17 September 2003 by the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights. In May 2002, pursuant to article 64.1 of the American Convention on Human Rights, Mexico requested an advisory opinion from the Court. In its advisory opinion, the Court examined the following specific issues submitted for its consideration: (a) obligation to respect and guarantee the human rights and fundamental nature of the principle of equality and non- 10