A UN Human Rights Council report dated 4 September 2009 followed a June mission to Haiti. Special Rapporteur Gulnara Shahinian described the restavèk system—children placed in other households in exchange for promised care, but often subjected to unpaid work, abuse, and deprivation—as a contemporary form of slavery. The report documented exploitation and urged prevention, legal reform, and protection. Restavèk is distinct from hereditary chattel slavery, but the report recognizes slavery-like coercion and child exploitation.
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What did the 2009 UN report identify about restavèk?
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The Special Rapporteur described severe unpaid child domestic servitude and abuse as contemporary slavery.