No country is immune: working together to end modern slavery & human trafficking
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the bedrock of the United Nations (UN), adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, could not state it more clearly. It establishes in Article 4 that “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms”…
Yet today, in the first half of the 21st century, there are still an estimated 50 million2 men, women and children trapped in slavery around the world. The stark reality of this level of individual suffering challenges us to ask: why is this still happening? What has gone wrong and, more to the point, what do we need to do as a global community to ensure this terrible injustice finally ends?
This report grapples with these questions. It examines the causes of vulnerability to modern slavery and human trafficking and sets out clear recommendations for urgent action.
If we are to make a difference and reduce, and ultimately eradicate, modern slavery and human trafficking we must all work together, not just in one country or another but across the globe – governments, businesses, civil society and the public…