A/75/166
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of
slavery, including its causes and consequences, Tomoya Obokata
Summary
The present report is submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council
resolution 42/10, in which the Council renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur
on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences. The Special
Rapporteur, Tomoya Obokata, was appointed in March 2020 and assumed his functions
on 1 May 2020. This is his first report to the General Assembly.
The report provides a summary of the activities undertaken by the pre vious
Special Rapporteur from the time of the submission of her report to the General
Assembly at its seventy-fourth session until the completion of her tenure in April 2020.
An overview of the new Special Rapporteur’s activities since the beginning of his term
is also provided.
Furthermore, the report outlines the priorities on which the new Special
Rapporteur intends to focus during his tenure.
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