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13 Dec 2024

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Radio New Zealand

New Zealand: Specialists draft anti-slavery bill which they hope MPs will support

"Specialists draft anti-slavery bill which they hope MPs will support", 13 December 2024

A team of modern slavery and legal experts has drafted an anti-slavery law for New Zealand, in the hope it will be supported by MPs.

The definition of modern slavery in the bill covers exploitative or forced labour, child labour, debt bondage and trafficking.

The proposed legislation would require companies with a revenue of more than $50 million to report on any risks in their supply chains.

The Combatting Trafficking in Persons and Modern Day Forms of Slavery Bill was released ... by the Modern Slavery and Trafficking Expert Practitioners Group (MSTEP), which includes criminal and regulatory barrister Jacob Parry, ANZ's ESG lead Rebecca Kingi, and World Vision's head of advocacy and justice Rebekah Armstrong.

In a statement, the group said the bill provided "a comprehensive framework to enhance enforcement, protect victims, and establish a reporting requirement for New Zealand companies so that they disclose actions to address and mitigate modern slavery in their operations and supply chains".

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