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Slavery and Slavery-Like Practices


Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices Convention of 1926 (Slavery Convention of 1926),
60 L.N.T.S. 253, entered into force March 9, 1927. 
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International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age,
Oct. 11, 1933, 150 L.N.T.S., entered into force Aug. 24, 1934.
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Protocol amending the Slavery Convention,
182 U.N.T.S. 51, entered into force December 7, 1953.
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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.
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Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,
96 U.N.T.S. 271, entered into force July 25, 1951.
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United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime,
G.A. res. 55/25, annex I, 55 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 44, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (Vol. I), not in force.
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Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime,
G.A. Res. 25, annex II, U.N. GAOR, 55th Sess., Supp. No. 49, at 60, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (Vol. I) (2001), entered into force Dec.25, 2003.
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Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Crime,
G.A. Res. 55/25, annex III, U.N. GAOR, 55th Sess., Supp. No. 49, at 65, U.N. Doc. A/45/49 (Vol. I) (2001), entered into force Jan. 28, 2004.
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International Agreement for the Suppression of the "White Slave Traffic," 18 May 1904, 35 Stat. 1979, 1 L.N.T.S. 83, entered into force 18 July 1905.
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International Convention for the Suppression of the "White Slave Traffic," May 4, 1910, 211 Consol. T.S. 45, 1912 GR. Brit. T.S. No. 20, as amended by Protocol Amending the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, and Amending the International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic,
May 4, 1949, 2 U.S.T. 1999, 30 U.N.T.S. 23, entered into force June 21, 1951.
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Convention Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the
Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor (ILO No. 182),

2133 U.N.T.S. 161, entered into force Nov. 19, 2000.
UNICEF Guidelines for the Protection of the Rights of Children Victims
Trafficking in Southeastern Europe (2003)
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Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors,
Mar. 18, 1994, OEA/Ser.K/XXI.5, CIDIP-V/doc.36/94 rev. 5, 79 O.A.S.T.S., 33 I.L.M. 721 (1994).
United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Trafficking,
E/2002/68/Add.1 (2002).
WHO Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Interviewing Trafficked Women (2003).

 



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