The Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the full title of which is the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, is a 1956 United Nations treaty which builds upon the
1926 Slavery Convention
The 1926 Slavery Convention or the Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is an international treaty created under the auspices of the League of Nations and first signed on 25 September 1926. It was registered in ''League of Nations ...
, which is still operative and which proposed to secure the abolition of
slavery
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
and of the slave trade, and the
Forced Labour Convention of 1930, which banned
forced or compulsory labour, by banning
debt bondage
Debt bondage, also known as debt slavery, bonded labour, or peonage, is the pledge of a person's services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligation. Where the terms of the repayment are not clearly or reasonably stated, the pe ...
,
serf
Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which developed ...
dom,
child marriage
Child marriage is a marriage or similar union, formal or informal, between a child under a certain age – typically 18 years – and an adult or another child.
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* The vast majority of child marriages are between a female child and a mal ...
,
servile marriage, and
child servitude.
Summary of key articles
Article 1 – The parties commit to abolish and abandon debt bondage, serfdom, servile marriage and child servitude.
Article 2 – The parties commit to enacting
minimum ages of marriage, encouraging registration of marriages, and encouraging the public declaration of consent to marriage.
Article 3 – Criminalisation of slave trafficking.
Article 4 – Runaway slaves who take refuge on flag vessels of parties shall thereby ''
ipso facto
is a Latin phrase, directly translated as "by the fact itself", which means that a specific phenomenon is a ''direct'' consequence, a resultant ''effect'', of the action in question, instead of being brought about by a previous action. It is a ...
'' attain their freedom.
Article 5 – Criminalisation of the marking (including
mutilation
Mutilation or maiming (from the Latin: ''mutilus'') refers to Bodily harm, severe damage to the body that has a ruinous effect on an individual's quality of life. It can also refer to alterations that render something inferior, ugly, dysfunction ...
and
branding
Branding may refer to:
Physical markings
* Making a mark, typically by charring:
** Wood branding, permanently marking, by way of heat, typically of wood (also applied to plastic, cork, leather, etc.)
** Livestock branding, the marking of animals ...
) of slaves and servile persons.
Article 6 – Criminalisation of enslavement and giving others into slavery.
Article 7 – Definitions of "slave", "a person of servile status" and "slave trade"
Article 9 – No
reservations may be made to this Convention.
Article 12 – This Convention shall apply to all
non-self-governing-trust, colonial and other non-metropolitan territories to the
international relations
International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such ...
of which any State Party is responsible.
See also
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Anti-Slavery International
Anti-Slavery International, founded as the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839, is an international non-governmental organisation, registered charity and advocacy group, based in the United Kingdom. It is the world's oldest interna ...
*
Contemporary slavery
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Slavery in international law
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Slave Trade Act
Slave Trade Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to the slave trade.
The "See also" section lists other Slave Acts, laws, and international conventions which developed the c ...
s
References
External links
* Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, 226 U.N.T.S. 3, entered into force 30 April 1957
Text of the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery
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