A/HRC/42/44 Vulnerable or marginalized individuals, victims and survivors are frequently the best advocates of their own interests.133 59. Sixth, and finally, anti-slavery efforts will need to become smart, in the sense of harnessing digital technologies, from artificial intelligence and machine learning to drones, satellites and remote sensors, and in terms of new approaches to financing. The Code 8.7 initiative may offer one venue for organizing effective, efficient and principled engagement. Technology applications should, centrally, be guided by respect for human rights, taking advantage of recent design guidance such as the Worker Engagement Supported by Technology (WEST) Principles.134 New techniques and technologies may also be needed, both to detect and to fight emerging forms of slavery and its organization. 135 V. Conclusion and recommendations A. Conclusion 60. More systematic, scientific, strategic, sustainable, survivor-informed and smart action by States and other stakeholders will make a major contribution towards ending contemporary forms of slavery. Also, the systems that make people vulnerable to contemporary forms of slavery need to be tackled, including aspects of the global financial, production, trading, development, labour migration and public health systems. Such action is needed without further delay if target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals is to be achieved by 2030. B. Recommendations to States 61. To effectively address the slavery of tomorrow today, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States adopt the approach outlined above by taking the following actions: (a) Developing national anti-slavery action plans that harness the power of existing social protection, public health, public procurement, financial oversight and market regulatory mechanisms to identify, respond to and prevent contemporary forms of slavery; (b) Incorporating analysis of the risk of slavery into multilateral and bilateral trade agreements, development finance decisions and development programming, and global financial oversight mechanisms; (c) Strengthening regional and international arrangements for labour migration to reduce the risks of slavery; (d) Effectively implementing the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights through relevant legislative, regulatory and administrative action, such as setting up mandatory human rights due diligence and reporting measures; (e) Ratifying the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol of 2014 to the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 and the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190); 133 134 135 18 (f) Establishing equality in the workplace to reduce vulnerability to slavery; (g) Addressing the particular effects of slavery on women and girls; International Centre for Migration Policy Development submission, Q5. Available at https://westprinciples.org/start-with-integrity-and-purpose/. See also Walk Free submission, p. 6. Global Fund to End Modern Slavery submission, p. 7; and submission of Government of Poland, p. 4.

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