Public procurement presents opportunities for improved human rights protection, specifically requiring that suppliers of government goods and services respect human rights. We discuss two recent developments: the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) (MSA) which applies to businesses and Commonwealth entities and particularly, recent moves by the Western Australian government to introduce a procurement debarment regime as part of the Procurement Act 2020 (WA). Noting that these are positive developments, we nonetheless identify ways to strengthen both the MSA and the debarment regime.

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保护人权的公共采购

公共采购为改善人权保护提供了机会，特别是要求政府商品和服务的供应商尊重人权。我们讨论了两个最近的发展：引入适用于企业和联邦实体的2018 年现代奴隶制法案（联邦）（MSA），特别是西澳大利亚政府最近采取的作为2020 年采购法案的一部分引入采购禁止制度的举措（华盛顿州）。注意到这些都是积极的发展，我们仍然确定了加强 MSA 和禁止制度的方法。