A/HRC/54/30 comprehensive global and country information on forced labour. He was also invited to take part in an event on forced labour as part of the Oslo Peace Day. 9. In January 2023, the Special Rapporteur participated in a briefing by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Inter-Agency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela on the linkages between refuges, migrants and organized crime in the region, including forced labour and trafficking issues. 10. In February 2023, the Special Rapporteur held a virtual visit with the acting Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons of the State Department of the United States of America and attended a conference on responsible business organized by Chatham House. 11. In March 2023, the Special Rapporteur spoke at the annual Human Rights in Asia Conference on the human rights impacts of the fashion industry in Asia organized by the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex. 12. In April 2023, the Special Rapporteur spoke at a stakeholder event organized jointly by ILO, King’s College London and UK Aid on the theme “What works (and does not work) in reducing vulnerability to forced labour and human trafficking of migrant women workers?” 13. In May 2023, the Special Rapporteur undertook an academic visit to Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. 14. He participated in various meetings and events with local politicians and members of civil society, the business and investor community and academia. In that context, he met with representatives of Investors against Slavery and Trafficking Asia and the Pacific and the United Nations Global Compact network in Australia and attended a conference organized by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia as a keynote speaker. 15. In June 2023, Special Rapporteur attended the Global Summit of the Consumer Goods Forum, held in Kyoto, Japan, by participating in a round table on human rights due diligence. 16. The Special Rapporteur continued the engagement with the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons and regular meetings were held with ILO and other United Nations agencies. 17. In terms of country visits, the Special Rapporteur visited Costa Rica, from 16 to 25 November 2022, and Canada, from 23 August to 6 September 2023. In addition, multiple country visit requests and reminders were issued. 18. The Special Rapporteur also held regular meetings with the Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and with other relevant anti-slavery stakeholders. 19. The Special Rapporteur also issued various statements and communications addressed to States and private companies, most of them jointly with other special procedure mandate holders. III. International human rights standards on homelessness 20. There is no internationally agreed definition of homelessness. It is understood differently across the globe, with a variety of definitions advanced by governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders.2 However, the Special Rapporteur regards it as important not to adopt a narrow understanding of homelessness focusing solely on the fact of a person’s lack of housing or living on streets. Other situations, such as living in various forms of temporary or emergency accommodations, informal settlements and unstable, unsafe or unsuitable living arrangements, also deserve attention. This broader understanding is in line with that of the Secretary-General,3 the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the 2 3 GE.23-12640 A/HRC/31/54, sect. II.A. E/CN.5/2020/3, para. 4. 3