Apply to become a human rights expert UN Human Rights Council. 16 positions, including my mandate, are available. Deadline: August 28. share.google/tjJeVLSfPo9ThJ…

#Russia: UN experts urge authorities to take immediate & decisive action to end long-standing trafficking and forced labour of migrant women in the #Golyanovo district of Moscow, ensuring accountability as well as justice & redress for all victims. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

UN experts welcome CIJ_ICJ historic recognition that all States have binding obligations under int'l #HumanRights law to protect the climate & environment. Violations entail State responsibility to provide reparations. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata, will conduct a visit to Brazil from 18 to 29 August 2025. ohchr.org/en/media-advis…

My report on my visit to #Australia 🇦🇺 is now available: docs.un.org/A/HRC/60/28/Ad…. I would like to thank the Government for its invitation & excellent cooperation, and other stakeholders for coordinating various meetings and sharing their knowledge & stories.

Today is the first day of my official visit to Brazil 🇧🇷. I look forward to meeting a range of stakeholders to discover more about Brazil 's actions against contemporary forms of slavery.

My mission completed! My press release and preliminary findings are available.

#Brasil 🇧🇷 Legado da escravidão, do colonialismo e interesses empresariais alimentam formas contemporâneas de escravidão: especialista da ONU UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata SAIBA: acnudh.org/pt-br/legado-d… ONU Brasil

I very much look forward to attending this side event sponsored by important partners with an impressive list of speakers. Those interested can still register.

“An estimated 138 million children remain subjected to child labour worldwide, with 54 million in hazardous forms,” UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata, Special Rapporteur on modern slavery, told the United Nations Human Rights Council. His latest report details “the worst forms of child labour”. #HRC60

At #HRC60 ID on slavery with UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata, the #Benelux countries 🇧🇪🇳🇱🇱🇺 are alarmed that millions of children remain trapped in labour, exploitation & abuse. States must uphold #SDG4 & #SDG8.7, end child recruitment incl. online, and ensure free, quality education for all.

We share UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata's call for urgent action: Despite progress, the scale of child labour remains staggering. Around the world, children are still subjected to forced labour, contemporary forms of slavery, human trafficking & other forms of exploitation. Our #HRC60 statement ⤵️

Today, Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata presented his report on his Australia visit at UN Human Rights Council | #HRC60. Pleased to deliver Australia’s response & meet with the Special Rapporteur to discuss Australia’s ongoing efforts to combat modern slavery.

It was a pleasure meeting Ambassador Duke in Geneva this week. I look forward to continuing our dialogue.

#Israel's attack on #Qatar is a grave breach of the United Nations Charter. At #HRC60, the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures urges Israel to respect int'l law & to refrain from further actions that jeopardise prospects of peace. ohchr.org/sites/default/… #CeasefireNow

In Bangkok this week attending UN Responsible Business & Human Rights Forum #RBHRForum and other events

In its Item 3 intervention for the ID with SR on Slavery at #HRC60, ADHRB asked the SR UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata: isn’t it time to end modern-day slavery in the GCC, or must we wait for yet more human rights disasters? #AbolishKafala bit.ly/4n5MkSD

States have pledged to end child labour in all its forms by the end of 2025. "However, an estimated 138 million children remain subjected to child labour worldwide, with 54 million in hazardous forms," Special Rapporteur UN Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata told the United Nations Human Rights Council. #HRC60

Palestine: Any peace plan must respect international law, beginning with self-determination and accountability, urge UN experts ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

In an historic move, the Human Rights Council this morning adopted a resolution merging my mandate and that of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons. The new post "Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and Trafficking in Persons" will start 1 May 2026.