The slavery conventions : : the travaux preparatoires of the 1926 League of Nations convention and the 1956 United Nations convention / / by Jean Allain.

• Superior document: The travaux preparatoires of multilateral treaties, v. 1
• Author: Allain, Jean, 1965-
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Travaux preparatoires of multilateral treaties ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (841 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Slavery has taken on added significance in the twenty-first century as a result of its inclusion in the Statute of the International Criminal Court and it being a component part of the 2001 UN and 2005 Council of Europe conventions against trafficking. With limited and conflicting case-law on the issue, the compiling of the Travaux Préparatoires of the 1926 League of Nations and the 1956 United Nations conventions become essential in seeking to holding States or individuals responsible for violations of international law touching on slavery. The Travaux Préparatoires of the slavery conventions provide insights into the definitions of slavery, the slave trade, and various types of servile statuses while revealing information regarding the various obligations that States have undertaken to suppress the various manifestations of human exploitation.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Introduction -- The Preamble -- Article 1. (Definitions) -- Article 2. (Suppression of Slavery and the Slave Trade) -- Article 3. (The Slave Trade at Sea) -- Article 4. (Mutual Assistance) -- Article 5. (Forced Labour) -- Article 6. (Penalties) -- Article 7. (Exchange of Laws and Regulations) -- Article 8. (Compromissory Clause) -- Article 9. (Overseas Territories) -- Article 10. (Denunciation) -- Article 11. (Accession) -- Article 12. (Entry into Force) -- Protocol Amending the Slavery Convention Signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926; December 7, 1953 -- Introduction -- Title of the Convention -- The Preamble -- Article 1. (Servitudes) -- Article 2. (Marriage) -- Article 3. (Slave Trade) -- Article 4. (Slaves at Sea) -- Article 5. (Mutilation) -- Article 6. (Criminal Offence) -- Article 7. (Definition) -- Article 8. (Cooperation and Communication) -- Article 9. (Reservations) -- Article 10. (Compromissory Clause) -- Article 11. (Consent to Be Bound) -- Article 12. (Overseas Territories) -- Article 13. (Entry into Force) -- Article 14. (Denunciation) -- Article 15. (Final Clause) -- 1925 British Draft Protocol -- 1925 Draft Convention -- 1926 Slavery Convention -- Protocol Amending the Slavery ConventionSigned at Geneva on 25 September 1926; December 7, 1953 -- Slavery Convention, Signed in Geneva on 25 September 1926 and Amended by the Protocol Open for Signature or Acceptance at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, on 7 December 1953 -- 1954 British Draft Convention -- 1956 Draft Supplementary Convention on Slavery and Servitude -- 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery -- Index.