A/72/139 Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, discusses the Sustainable Development Goals and slavery eradication efforts. The Special Rapporteur begins by summarizing her activiti es over the past year. She then discusses how the continued prevalence of contemporary forms of slavery can in many ways be seen as a symptom of the weaknesses in the efforts to achieve sustainable development and explores the systemic socioeconomic trends that have contributed to that continued widespread prevalence. She then analyses the Sustainable Development Goals and discusses how the formulation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the inclusion of a specific target on slavery present a historic opportunity. She also discusses the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, as well as issues of resource mobilization and how they have an impact on the ability of the international community to maximize relevant opportunities vis -àvis slavery eradication efforts. She concludes by presenting recommendations to Member States and other stakeholders. Contents Page I. II. Introduction and summary of recent activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 A. Participation in consultations and conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 B. Country and follow-up visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Harnessing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to achieve the full eradication of all contemporary forms of slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Contemporary forms of slavery as a symptom of the weaknesses in the efforts to achieve sustainable development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 B. Key socioeconomic trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 C. 2030 Agenda and slavery eradication efforts: a historic opportunity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 D. Implementation of the 2030 Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Achieving human rights-based sustainable development and eradicating all forms of contemporary slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 B. Recommendations to Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 C. Recommendations to other stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A. III. A. 2/21 17-11988