PART 2.1 well as as victims of human rights violations. This Principle is applicable to all State agents and to all other actors engaged in activities relating to the prevention and punishment of trafficking and the protection of victims. 1.2. KEY HUMAN RIGHTS INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING Making human rights the centre of all efforts to deal with trafficking requires identification of the major rights that are involved in trafficking and related exploitation. It is important to acknowledge that some rights will be especially relevant to the causes of trafficking (for example, the right to an adequate standard of living); others to the actual process of trafficking (for example, the right to be free from slavery); and still others to the response (for example, the right of suspects to a fair trial). Some rights are broadly applicable to each of these aspects. The following is a list of the rights and obligations most relevant to trafficking. The sources of these rights and obligations are noted in box 6, below. • Prohibition of discrimination on one or more of the prohibited grounds: race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status; 52 • The right to life; • The right to liberty and security; • The right of access to courts, to equality before the courts and to a fair trial; • The right not to be submitted to slavery, servitude, forced labour, or bonded labour; • Freedom from slavery in armed conflict; • The right not to be subjected to torture, and/ or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; • The right to be free from gender-based violence; • The right to associate freely; • The right to freedom of movement; • The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; • The right to just and favourable conditions of work; • The right to an adequate standard of living; • The right to social security; and • The right not to be sold, traded or promised in marriage. Of the rights listed above, a number are recognized as constituting customary international law. These include: the prohibition on slavery and the slave trade; the prohibition on racial discrimination; the prohibition on torture; and the right to a remedy. As noted in part 1 (see section 2.3, above), this means that such rights bind all States, irrespective of whether or not they are party to the relevant treaty. RECOMMENDED PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING