A/78/161
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary
forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences,
Tomoya Obokata
Summary
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution
51/15, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes
and consequences focuses on the use of technology in facilitating and preventing
contemporary forms of slavery. Following an overview of digital technologies which
enable sexual or labour exploitation, the Special Rapporteur focuses on which digital
tools can help to prevent or address these practices and which challenges remain in
this regard. The Special Rapporteur provides conclusions and a set of
recommendations for more effective prevention of contemporary forms of slavery in
the digital space.
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