Expert Group Meeting: Human Trafficking & Global Supply Chains
- Document number
- 3097
- Date
- April 2013
- Title
- Expert Group Meeting: Human Trafficking & Global Supply Chains
- Author/publisher
- OHCHR
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- global, supply, chains, special rapporteur
- Summary
The meeting discusses the Special Rapporteur's report to the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly (A/67/261) on the issue of trafficking in global supply chains. The report examines the different ways human trafficking manifests itself in the global economy; the response of global businesses to this scourge; existing and emerging strategies to combat abuse; and the immediate and long-term steps necessary for business leaders to take effective and sustainable action. The report also outlines a series of clear and practical recommendations for business and States to eliminate trafficking in the supply chain.