COP28
Media Coverage
Can COP28 Deliver for Cities and Climate Migrants?
Blog Post
Climate Financing and Peacebuilding Go Hand in Hand
Projects in conflict-affected and fragile spaces, while difficult, is certainly possible—and could be the surest investment for peacebuilding.
Media Coverage
Can COP28 End Africa’s ‘Modern Slavery Trap’?
An opportunity to initiate conversations about environmental and social risks in financial sector investments.
Projects
Project
A Breakthrough for People and Planet
Building Momentum for the Summit of the Future and Beyond.
Project
Thematic Review on Human Rights and Peacebuilding
Examining global trends and approaches to human rights informed peacebuilding efforts.
Project
Development and Peace Responses to Forced Displacement: The Role of Political Will
Examining the importance of political will for shaping development and peace responses to refugee and IDP situations
Project
Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking
FAST mobilizes the financial sector to address modern slavery and human trafficking
Recent Publications
Report
Asset Recovery and Restitution
Leveraging Inter-agency and Multi-stakeholder Cooperation to Facilitate Compensation for Victims and Survivors of Forced Labour and Human Trafficking.
Brief
Elevating the Environment in the Multilateral System
Enabling the UN to play a more meaningful role in a global transition towards a more sustainable relationship with nature.
Brief
Artificial Intelligence: Addressing or Distorting the Modern Slavery Challenge?
Leveraging AI's potential and mitigating its risks in efforts to address modern slavery.
Brief
How Financial Intelligence Units Can Support the More Effective Implementation of Sanctions Regimes
Leveraging the expertise, experience, and networks of FIUs in the fight against modern slavery.
Brief
A Global Architecture for Artificial Intelligence
Consolidating key questions surrounding global AI governance.
Brief
Lessons from Canada's Approach to Extending Financial Access to Survivors of Modern Slavery
Taking Canada’s financial access for survivors approach to the next level.
Brief
Accelerating Change: The Potential of Capital Market Actors in Addressing Modern Slavery
Insights, best practice examples, case studies, and recommendations to empower Capital Market Actors.
Brief
Preventing and Reducing Modern Slavery Risks for Diverse men in Conflict and Crisis Through Increased Financial Inclusion
Protecting diverse men from the risk of modern slavery during conflicts and crises.
Climate, Peace and Security
News
News
Stock Exchange Guidance on Modern Slavery Growing, But More Needed
Although more stock exchanges reference modern slavery in their ESG disclosure guidance, variation in terms of coverage and details remains.
News
Targeting the International Anti-Money Laundering Regime to Address Human Trafficking and Forced Labour
Changing the anti-money laundering regime would bring important shifts in the global economy, resulting in less exploitation and fewer labour abuses.
News
Senior UNU-CPR Data Scientist Appointed Research Lead for New UN Advisory Body on AI
The role will involve identifying opportunities and governance solutions as the Body works towards a final advisory report in 2024.
News
New Research Empowers Capital Market Actors to Address Modern Slavery
Providing a practical roadmap to better identify, prevent, mitigate, and remediate modern slavery.
Modern Slavery
Events
Event
Stronger Partnerships, Regional Prevention, and the New Agenda for Peace: A Dialogue Towards the Summit of the Future
Critical considerations for the upcoming Summit of the Future.
Event
FAST Annual Stakeholder Convening 2023
Sharing knowledge and practices to help eradicate modern slavery.
Workshop
Expert Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships in Global Data Governance
Facilitating an exchange of perspectives on improved public-private partnerships in data governance.
Event
Towards Gender-Responsive Migration Governance
On 6 September UNU-CPR organized a migration policy roundtable to discuss gender-responsive migration governance.
