PART 2.1 are also gender-neutral, to the extent that they recognise that it is not only women and girls who are trafficked but that men and boys are also subject to this form of abuse. However, gender-neutral language can hide or obscure real difference. The way in which a particular right is understood, experienced, protected and violated will often be different for women and for men. This has been demonstrated in relation to issues and rights that were previously considered completely genderneutral such as racial discrimination, torture, education and health.84 A gender-sensitive See, for example, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, general comment No. 25: Gender related dimensions of racial discrimination; A/HRC/7/3. 84 62 approach to trafficking that is firmly grounded in human rights, such as that taken in the Trafficking Principles and Guidelines, will seek to identify these differences and to tailor responses accordingly. The Commentary highlights several rights and obligations that have special application to the situation of women who have been trafficked or who are vulnerable to trafficking. These include: the prohibition on sex-based discrimination; the prohibition on gender-based violence; and the right to marry with free and full consent. The source of these rights and obligations is noted in box 7, below. Note that the specific issue of trafficking as a form of discrimination against women and of gender-based violence has been considered above in part 1, section 4.2. RECOMMENDED PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING