An independent expert of the UN Human Rights Council. The mandate was created on 9 October 2025 by resolution 60/25, combining the earlier mandates on slavery and on trafficking, and operates from 1 May 2026. Its scope names the worst forms of child labour. The last report of the earlier slavery mandate was on the worst forms of child labour.
Source: OHCHR · Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery (former mandate) · read 15 October 2026