A/HRC/42/44 (h) Strengthening the scientific basis for anti-slavery policy and programming by cooperating to develop and share basic data on the incidence and characteristics of slavery within States’ jurisdiction, working in partnership with relevant technical agencies and initiatives; (i) Cooperating to ensure that regional and national policies and programming reflect the latest scientific insights on what constitutes “effective measures” to achieve Sustainable Development Goal target 8.7; (j) Strengthening the strategic framework for international action to combat slavery, inter alia by supporting international cooperative efforts such as Alliance 8.7, the Call to Action to End Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking or the Liechtenstein Initiative for a Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking; (k) Reviewing existing official development assistance reporting codes to facilitate analysis of development spending to achieve target 8.7; (l) Working towards a shared global strategy that prioritizes resource allocation in anti-slavery efforts to those countries with the greatest need; (m) Ensuring that anti-slavery efforts are survivor-informed and victimcentred, inter alia by incorporating victim-survivor identification, protection and support provisions into national legislation specific to contemporary forms of slavery and by respectfully, equitably and inclusively incorporating victim-survivor knowledge and input into policymaking, programme design and programme implementation at local, regional and global levels; (n) Making anti-slavery smart by working with the global technology sector to strengthen the use of computational science and digital technologies to develop scientifically rigorous anti-slavery policy and practice; (o) Raising concerns around progress of other States towards target 8.7 during universal periodic review processes; (p) Developing a human-centred agenda for the world of work and seeking cooperation with trade unions and business through social dialogue to address decent work gaps as well as current and emerging forms of slavery. C. Recommendations to businesses 62. Businesses should support States in the adoption of the proposed approach to addressing the slavery of tomorrow, including by: (a) Effectively ensuring the right to be free from slavery through due diligence and creative use and enabling of remedy and reparation; (b) systems; Working to make slavery risks unacceptable in financial and economic (c) Strengthening the business case for slavery-free investments, both within businesses and their supply chains and through investment in other businesses; (d) Investing in smart solutions to slavery, including through use of digital technologies; (e) Working closely with survivors and victims to ensure that future antislavery efforts learn from their experience. D. Recommendations to civil society and academia 63. Civil society and academia should support States in the adoption of the approach, including by: 19

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