G7 leaders commit to continue working together to ensure global supply chains are free from the use of forced labour.

 

Dame Sara Thornton, UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, welcomes the commitment from G7 leaders to work collaboratively to protect individuals from forced labour and to ensure that global supply chains are free from the use of forced labour, as set out in the Free and Fair Trade section of the Carbis Bay G7 Summit Communique:

  1. We are concerned by the use of all forms of forced labour in global supply chains, including state-sponsored forced labour of vulnerable groups and minorities, including in the agricultural, solar, and garment sectors. We agree on the importance of upholding human rights and of international labour standards, including those deriving from International Labour Organisation membership, throughout global supply chains and tackling instances of forced labour. We commit to continue to work together including through our own available domestic means and multilateral institutions to protect individuals from forced labour and to ensure that global supply chains are free from the use of forced labour. We therefore task G7 Trade Ministers to identify areas for strengthened cooperation and collective efforts towards eradicating the use of all forms of forced labour in global supply chains, ahead of the G7 Trade Ministers’ meeting in October 2021.

 

Read the full Communique here.