A/HRC/48/52
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
26 July 2021
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Forty-eighth session
13 September–1 October 2021
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Nexus between displacement and contemporary forms of
slavery
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 decided to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on
contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences.
In the report, the Special Rapporteur identifies factors that render displaced persons,
including internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees, vulnerable to
exploitation and contemporary forms of slavery. He also outlines some of the principal
manifestations of slavery as experienced by displaced persons globally, and highlights good
practices and persisting challenges in preventing and responding to contemporary forms of
slavery affecting displaced persons.
The Special Rapporteur formulates recommendations for States, businesses, civil
society, members of academia and humanitarian actors with the objective of providing
constructive guidance on how to address the present situation.
* Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to
circumstances beyond the submitter’s control.
GE.21-10331(E)