This report documents several types of slavery in Congo’s mines. Some forms of slavery are directly linked to the conflict, including the use of so-called “child soldiers” and the kidnapping of civilians for forced labor and sexual slavery by illegal armed groups and uncontrolled army units. Other forms of slavery are familiar around the world: debt bondage, forced marriage, slavery in the commercial sex trade, and child slavery that grows out of poverty and the lack of community-enforced norms respecting child rights...The necessary approaches include:...regulatory, consumer and investor pressure on companies to clean slavery out of their supply chains; and the strengthening of mining communities at the local level...[Recommendations to multinational companies and end users of Congo's minerals:] Continue efforts to introduce transparency into supply chains. Adopt due diligence policies...Create industry-wide support for rights-based community development efforts that will sustainably protect Congolese mining communities from slavery and other human rights abuses...