- (1)
Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of
the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.
(2) The slave trade includes all acts involved in the capture, acquisition or disposal of a person with intent to reduce him to slavery; all acts involved in the acquisition of a slave with a view to selling or exchanging him; all acts of disposal by sale or exchange of a slave acquired with a view to being sold or exchanged, and in general, every act of trade or transport in slaves. Top
(Article 1 of the 1926 Geneva Slavery Convention)
"Each of the States Parties to this Convention shall take all practicable and necessary legislative and other measures to bring about progressively and as soon as possible the complete abolition of the following institutions and practices, where they still exist and whether or not they are covered by the definition of slavery contained in article 1 of the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 Septernber 1926: Top
1...1 b) Serfdom, that is to say, the condition
or status of a tenant who is by law, custom or agreement bound to live
and labour on land belonging to another person and to render some determinate
service to such other person, whether for reward or not, and is not free
to change his status;
1...1 d) Any institution or practice whereby
a child or young person under the age of 18 years, is delivered by either
or both of his natural parents or by his guardian to another person, whether
for reward or not, with view to the exploitation of the young child or
young person or of his labour."
(from Article 1 of the 1956 Supplementary
Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions
and Practices Similar to Slavery.) Top
"Slave trade means and includes all acts involved in the capture, acquisition or disposal of a person with intent to reduce him to slavery., all acts involved in the acquisition of a slave with a view to selling or exchanging him; all acts of disposal by sale or exchange of a person acquired with a view to being sold or exchanged; and, in general, every act of trade or transport in slaves by whatever means or conveyance."
(from Article 7 of the 1956 Supplementary
Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions
and Practices Similar to Slavery.) Top
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