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Fighting Tech-facilitated Slavery

Find out how technology is assisting illegal slavery operations in digital spaces and what we can do to stop it.

Human rights Submission by the Commission 28 April 2023

Summary

Find out how technology is assisting illegal slavery operations in digital spaces and what we can do to stop it.

Fighting Tech-facilitated Slavery

Human rights
Submission by the Commission

Submission to Special Rapporteur on Slavery

The Australian Human Rights Commission has made its submission to the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Slavery on technology-facilitated slavery.

The submission emphasises:

  • Cross-jurisdiction cooperation
  • Regular reviews of modern slavery legislation
  • The importance of online safety commissions
  • Technology-neutral legislative drafting.

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