New report highlights extent of forced labour in cobalt mines in the Congo

Be Slavery Free acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, seas, and skies across this continent. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded. We honour the First Peoples of these lands, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations — keepers of the oldest living cultures on earth — whose deep law and lore continue to breathe life into Country. We remember that the tides of colonisation brought more than ships: they brought dispossession, forced labour, and violence. We remember the black-birded workers, the stolen wages of Indigenous soldiers, the stolen childhoods of the Stolen Generations. We remember that these injustices were not only acts of the past, but wounds carried still — etched into family lines, into Country itself. At Be Slavery Free, we walk in the knowledge that modern slavery cannot be addressed without facing these truths. We honour the resilience, the resistance, and the enduring sovereignty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. And we commit ourselves to a future shaped by truth-telling, justice, and the full flourishing of First Nations self-determination.

Be Slavery Free is committed to contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals – particularly Goal 8.7: Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms.

Be Slavery Free is a Company Limited by Guarantee in Australia. ABN 331 6072 3348.

Be Slavery Free is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission

Be Slavery Free administers the STOP THE TRAFFIK Public Fund for tax-deductible donations from individuals. The Public Fund listed on the Register of Harm Prevention Charities under Subdivisions 30-EA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

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