1. This report is submitted by the Best Practices Policy Project,[1] Desiree Alliance,[2] and the Sexual Rights Initiative.[3] It focuses on civil and human rights violations of those engaged, or perceived to be engaged, in sexual trade and sex work in the U.S.

Submitted September 15, 2010 to Civil Society Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, via email to HR&HIVconsultation@ohchr.org

This report was prepared by the Best Practices Policy Project with support from the following organizations working with sex workers, people in the sex trade and other groups in the United States: the Desiree Alliance, Bayswan, Women with a Vision, HIPS, Madre Tierra, St James Infirmary, SWOP-USA, SWOP-Tucson, SWOP-NYC and SWANK, SWOP-Colorado, SWOP-Chicago and other organizations.