A/HRC/42/44/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 25 July 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Italy Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences*, ** Summary The Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, visited Italy from 3 to 12 October 2018. Further to the analysis of the normative framework and the existing interinstitutional architecture to combat contemporary forms of slavery, the Special Rapporteur examines the exploitation of migrant workers in the agricultural sector. She acknowledges the solid Italian legislative and institutional framework that addresses labour exploitation in agriculture but draws attention to the continued challenges of ensuring decent working and living conditions for migrant workers in the sector. The report concludes with recommendations to assist the Government and other stakeholders in addressing the remaining challenges. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission only. ** Agreement was reached to publish the present report after the standard publication date owing to circumstances beyond the submitter’s control. GE.19-12714(E) 