A/72/139 Convention (1926) and the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1956). Such practices include, but are not limited to, traditional slavery, forced labour, debt bondage, serfdom, children working in slavery or slavery-like conditions, domestic servitude, sexual slavery and servile forms of marriage. 2 13. The report begins with a discussion of how the continued prevalence of contemporary forms of slavery can, in many ways, be seen as a symptom of weakness in the efforts to achieve sustainable development, as well as the shortcomings of the Millennium Development Goals in relation to slavery eradication efforts. After conceptualizing contemporar y forms of slavery, the Special Rapporteur discusses the key systemic socioeconomic trends that have contributed to the continued widespread prevalence of such extreme exploitation. The report continues with an analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals and a discussion of how, while flawed in some ways, the formulation of the 2030 Agenda and the inclusion of a specific target on slavery present a historic opportunity to leverage resources and political will to help to end all forms of contemporary forms of slavery. The Special Rapporteur then discusses the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, including multi-stakeholder initiatives such as Alliance 8.7, as well as issues of resource mobilization and how these can have an impact on the international community’s ability to maximize relevant opportunities vis-à-vis slavery eradication efforts. 14. The Special Rapporteur concludes by arguing that, while the Sustainable Development Goals represent a significant improvement on the Millennium Development Goals in relation to contemporary forms of slavery, the historic opportunity presented by the inclusion of target 8.7 will be lost unless sufficient resources can be mobilized to achieve all the Sustainable Development Goals as interdependent and intersecting outcomes. The Special Rapporteur stresses the importance of tackling socioeconomic trends that undermine sustainable development and enable extreme exploitation, alongside comprehensive national approaches to the full and effective eradication of contemporary forms of slavery. Lastly, the Special Rapporteur makes a series of recommendations to Member States and other stakeholders for the effective implementation of target 8.7 and the broader 2030 Agenda. A. Contemporary forms of slavery as a symptom of the weakness of sustainable development 15. The 2030 Agenda builds upon the Millennium Development Goals by including a specific target to end “modern slavery”, as well as other forms of exploitation, and represents an important step forward in its inclusion of objectives related to the eradication of slavery in development frameworks. The very need for slavery to be included, however, is also indicative of the fact that, in 2015, contemporary forms of slavery continued to have an impact on the lives of millions of adults and children, despite sustained efforts to achieve sustainable development. Methodological constraints, limited data availability and questions on how exactly to define contemporary forms of slavery prevent a full understanding of exactly how many people live in such situations of extreme exploitation, although figures on forced labour from the International Labour Organization (ILO) from 2012, which include many contemporary forms of slavery and are considered t he most accurate __________________ 2 17-11988 See Human Rights Council resolution 33/1 and www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Slavery/ SRSlavery/Pages/SRSlaveryIndex.aspx. 5/21