A/HRC/42/44
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 July 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-second session
9–27 September 2019
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Current and emerging forms of slavery
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,
including its causes and consequences*
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery,
including its causes and consequences, Urmila Bhoola, assesses features of slavery today
and indicates how expected changes in the future of work, demographics, migration and the
environment may shape slavery in the years to come. In a stocktaking and forward-looking
exercise, anti-slavery efforts by States, international organizations, civil society and private
actors are mapped out, an analysis of effectiveness is provided and gaps that need to be
bridged to better tackle emerging forms of slavery are assessed.
The Special Rapporteur suggests an integral approach which is grounded in
international human rights norms and standards to tackle slavery more effectively.
The report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/1.
* Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.19-12716(E)