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Prof. Tomoya Obokata (Japan) was appointed as Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences in March 2020. He is a scholar of international law and human rights, specializing in transnational organized crime, human trafficking and modern slavery. View Prof. Tomoya Obokata’s full biography
1 de dic. de 2021 · Women and children are at high risk of being pushed into contemporary forms of slavery, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday. In an alert to coincide with the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on 2 December, they warned that global challenges such as COVID-19, climate change and armed conflict have amplified ...
Statutory review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018. On 25 May 2023, the government tabled a report on the statutory review of Australia's Modern Slavery Act, which reviewed the first 3 years of the Act's operation. The review was conducted in accordance with s 24 of the Act and was led by Professor John McMillan, AO, supported by us.
Vulnerability to modern slavery and human trafficking has dramatically increased as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, new and protracted conflicts and the direct effects of climate change. With the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide now exceeding 100 million for the first time in history, the world is set to see a significant increase in the numbers vulnerable to modern slavery and ...
12 de sept. de 2022 · Modern slavery is a scourge that affects every region of the world. The latest Global Estimates indicate that 50 million people were living in modern slavery in 2021. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage.
Prevalence. The 2023 Global Slavery Index (GSI) estimates that on any given day in 2021, there were 1.1 million people living in modern slavery in the US, a prevalence of 3.3 people in modern slavery for every thousand people in the country. This places the US among countries with the lowest prevalence of modern slavery in the region (21 out of ...
12 de sept. de 2022 · Modern slavery shoots up by 10 million in five years. Modern slavery is a growing challenge thanks to a mix of armed conflict, climate change and the global pandemic, a new UN report says ...
