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A brief overview of the Modern Slavery Bill 2017

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Summary

This Bill proposes to criminalise the several acts by amending the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200).

Issuer

Hong Kong

Year

2017

Region

Asia

Issuer (type)

Legislative Council (Government)

Instrument type

Bill

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Text analysis

    • Moderate 0.79%
    • Low 0.04%
    • S focus: forced labour, human rights, recruiting, children
    • Finance, Management, Manufacturing, Public administration