Office Of The Nsw Anti Slavery Commissioner

The Office of the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner supports the independent Anti-slavery Commissioner, Dr James Cockayne, to promote awareness and action against modern slavery across NSW. There are an estimated 16,400 people in NSW who are victims/survivors of modern slavery. Modern slavery includes exploitative practices such as human trafficking, slavery, domestic and sexual servitude, forced labour, debt bondage and forced marriage. Dr James Cockayne is NSW’s first independent Anti-slavery Commissioner. He was appointed in August 2022 for a five-year term. The Commissioner’s functions include: - advocating for and promoting action to combat modern slavery identifying and providing assistance and support for victims of modern slavery support to and oversight of NSW public procurement efforts to remove products of modern slavery from supply-chains - issuing codes of practice and maintaining a public register related to efforts to address modern slavery risks in supply-chains - raising community awareness of modern slavery.