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Part Two. Article 3 345and who has no reasonable alternative but to perform the service, and shall includedomestic servitude and debt bondage;]“(d) ‘Child’ shall mean any person under eighteen years of age.”Eleventh session: Vienna, 2-28 October 2000Recommendations of the informal working group on article 2 bis, submitted at therequest of the Chairperson (A/AC.254/L.238)“For the purposes of this Protocol,“Article 2 bis“Definitions“(a) ‘Trafficking in persons’ shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer,harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force, by abduction,fraud, deception, the abuse of a position of vulnerability, such that the personhas no real and acceptable alternative but to submit to the abuse involved, coercionor the abuse of power, or by the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achievethe consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution ofothers or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practicessimilar to slavery [, the removal of organs for illicit purposes] or servitude;“(a bis) The existence of any of the means set forth in subparagraph (a) of thisarticle shall be considered as vitiating any alleged consent of a victim of traffickingto the intended exploitation;“(b) [Not discussed];“[(c) [Deleted];]“(d) [Not discussed].”Recommendations of the informal working group on article 2 bis, submitted at therequest of the Chairperson (A/AC.254/L.243)“For the purposes of this Protocol,“Article 2 bis“Definitions“(a) ‘Trafficking in persons’ shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer,harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force, of abduction,of fraud, of deception, of coercion, of the abuse of power or of a position ofvulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consentof a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of othersor other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practicessimilar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs;“[(a bis) The consent of a victim of trafficking in persons to the intended exploitationset forth in subparagraph (a) shall be irrelevant where any of the means set forthin subparagraph (a) are established.]”