International bodies

UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons

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.

What it rests on

Source: OHCHR · Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery (former mandate) · read 15 October 2026