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United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery
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| 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery | |||
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| Opened for signature | 7 September 1956 in Geneva | ||
| Entered into force | 30 April 1957 | ||
| Conditions for entry into force | Fulfilled | ||
| Parties | 97 as at February 2002[1](Convention and subsequent Protocol) | ||
Contents |
A 1926 Slavery Convention proposed to secure the abolition of slavery and of the slave trade.
The Forced Labour Convention of 1930 preceded it.
Its full title is: The United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
It augments the 1926 Convention by acting to ban debt bondage, serfdom, servile marriage and child servitude.
Article 1
The parties commit to abolish and abandon debt bondage, serfdom, servile marriage and child servitude.
Article 2
The parties commit to enacting minumum 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.
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