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368 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime2. At the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, the Special Rapporteur on violenceagainst women, its causes and consequences submitted a position paper, in which itwas argued that the wording of paragraph 1 of article 4 was restrictive and allowed Statesparties to have discretion over whether or not to ensure the privacy and confidentiality oflegal proceedings relating to trafficking in persons (see also on this point the concurringopinion of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as reflected in documentA/AC.254/16, para. 18). It was also proposed that paragraph 2 should be strengthenedby deleting the phrases “in appropriate cases” and “ensure that its legislativeframework contains measures that permit providing”, so as to require States parties to providedirectly the measures mentioned (along the same lines, see the comments of the UnitedNations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/AC.254/16, para. 19)). In addition, itwas suggested that a provision ensuring the right to pursue legal action against trafficking,as well as a provision ensuring the right for the trafficked persons to be informed oftheir legal rights, should be included in the text of the article. A further provision was proposedwith a view to ensuring procedural protections for trafficked persons. As far as paragraph3 of article 4 was concerned, the relevant proposals focused on strengthening theprotection accorded to trafficked persons (deletion of the phrase “shall endeavour”), replacingthe term “territory” with the term “jurisdiction” (for the purpose of including withinthe purview of the provision a trafficked person on the embassy grounds of a State partylocated in the territory of a State not party to the convention) and including a provisionfor ensuring protection against detention, imprisonment or prosecution of trafficked persons(on this last point, see also the comments of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Human Rights (A/AC.254/16, para. 17)). The provision of measures aimed at protectingtrafficked persons (and, where necessary, family members and friends) from intimidation,threats or reprisals was also suggested, including information regarding the status ofproceedings against the trafficker and prohibition of public disclosure of trafficked persons’identities. The final suggestion was to include a provision granting access of traffickedpersons to embassies and non-governmental organizations (for a more detailedanalysis of the above-mentioned proposals, see document A/AC.254/CRP.13). At the samesession of the Ad Hoc Committee, the International Labour Organization submitted a note(A/AC.254/CRP.14) arguing in favour of further elaborating the draft article in order toinclude the obligation for States parties to provide information to trafficked persons ontheir specific rights, the procedures available for claiming compensation and the availabilityof special support services. The need for ensuring protection against reprisals to thosewho legitimately exposed violations of the protocol or national legislation was also emphasizedand it was suggested that reference might be made to special complaint procedures,simplification of legal administrative proceedings and the need of trafficked children forspecial assistance and protection. During the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee, theUnited Nations Children’s Fund submitted comments focusing on the effective protectionof trafficked children in the light of the safeguards arising from the Convention on theRights of the Child (see A/AC.254/CRP.17).3. The version of this article contained in document A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Rev.2remained unchanged in the intermediate drafts of the protocol A/AC.254/4/Add.3/Revs.3and 4).4. At the informal consultations held during the fifth session of the Ad HocCommittee, Belgium, Poland and the United States submitted a reformulated version ofthe draft protocol (A/AC.254/5/Add.13). At the sixth session of the Ad Hoc Committee,it was agreed that the restructured version should be used as the basis for further discussion.In that version, an additional paragraph, paragraph 4, was inserted in article 4. Thisparagraph appeared in the previous versions of the draft protocol as article 7, paragraph 1.The revised text of article 4 of the draft protocol read as follows: