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 is...

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.