The Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking is an international initiative led by The Rt Hon Theresa May MP to exert high-level political leverage to restore political momentum towards achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking.

In 2022, the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre was commissioned by The Office of Theresa May to conduct a scoping study examining the case for establishing a Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
The Scoping Study was funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The team carrying out the Scoping Study met with more than 50 actors working to address modern slavery across the world, including global and regional intergovernmental bodies, international human rights groups, survivor organizations, civil society organizations and businesses.

It also conducted a survey of comparable Global Commissions, a literature review of evidence identifying potential priority areas of intervention, and a wide consultation on how best to embed people with lived experience in the work and governance of a potential Global Commission.

The Kenya visit

The Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking visited Nairobi (and Africa for that matter) for the first time to gather data regarding the future of her work as well as gather validated information regarding a number of strands which were articulated through conversations steered by a set of 25 questions.
The meeting held on 4th June 2024 at the Radisson Blu hotel was between the Global Commission and a select group of CSO’s. The Commission’s Chair and her deputy gladly graced the conversations. Later that evening, the British High Commissioner to Kenya hosted a reception galla at his official residence in Nairobi in honor of the Global Commission.