Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

A/HRC/33/46 Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Legal characterization and definition of debt bondage.................................................................. 4 III. Trends in the prevalence of debt bondage ..................................................................................... 5 A. Global ................................................................................................................................... 5 B. Regional ................................................................................................................................ 5 C. Migrant workers and debt bondage....................................................................................... 12 Examples of national measures designed to eradicate and prevent debt bondage ......................... 13 A. Constitutional provisions relating to debt bondage ............................................................... 13 B. Debt bondage legislation, policies and programmes............................................................. 13 Key drivers of debt bondage and challenges in relation to its full eradication .............................. 15 A. Drivers .................................................................................................................................. 15 B. Main challenges in eradicating debt bondage ....................................................................... 16 Developing an integrated, human rights–based approach to eradicating and preventing debt bondage ................................................................................................................................. 17 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 18 A. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 18 B. Recommendations to Member States .................................................................................... 19 IV. V. VI. VII. 2 GE.16-11363