United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery
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The full title of this treaty is: The United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery. A 1926 Slavery Convention
proposed to secure the abolition of slavery and of the slave trade. The Forced Labour Convention of 1930
preceded it.
The treaty augments the 1926 Convention by acting to ban debt bondage
, serf
dom, servile marriage
and child servitude.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/f3scas.htm
1926 Slavery Convention
The 1926 Slavery Convention or the Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery was an international treaty created under the auspices of the League of Nations and first signed on September 25, 1926...
proposed to secure the abolition of slavery and of the slave trade. The Forced Labour Convention of 1930
Forced Labour Convention, 1930
The Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour or Forced Labour Convention is an International Labour Organization Convention. It is one of 8 ILO fundamental conventions...
preceded it.
The treaty augments the 1926 Convention by acting to ban debt bondage
Debt bondage
Debt bondage is when a person pledges him or herself against a loan. In debt bondage, the services required to repay the debt may be undefined, and the services' duration may be undefined...
, serf
SERF
A spin exchange relaxation-free magnetometer is a type of magnetometer developed at Princeton University in the early 2000s. SERF magnetometers measure magnetic fields by using lasers to detect the interaction between alkali metal atoms in a vapor and the magnetic field.The name for the technique...
dom, servile marriage
Servile marriage
The concept of servile marriage covers marriage whereby a woman may be promised and/or given in marriage without her consent.A useful definition of this concept derives from Article 1 of the 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade,and Institutions and Practices...
and child servitude.
Key substantive content (summarized)
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 attain their freedom.
Article 5
Criminalisation of the marking (including mutilation and branding) of slaves and servile persons.
Article 6
Criminalisation of enslavement and giving others into slavery.
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 April 30, 1957.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/f3scas.htm