The present report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, Tomoya Obokata, is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/10.

In the report, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, focuses on contemporary forms of slavery in the informal economy and, in that context, analyses the drivers of informality and the profiles of victimized workers before analysing to what extent and in which economic sectors contemporary forms of slavery are globally prevalent in the informal economy. The main challenges and some positive developments in addressing them are also identified in the present report.