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Laws and Conventions
We have listed and made available international and/or national laws and conventions directly addressing trafficking or complementing it. While it is available for use, please check the respective websites for updated versions.
1929 UN Slavery Convention
Slavery convention, signed in Geneva on 25 September 1929 and amended by the Protocol opened for signature or acceptance at the Headquarters of United Nations, New York on 7 December 1953
1930 ILO Forced Labour Convention C29
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office,and having met in its Fourteenth Session on 10 June 1930, and Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to forced or compulsory labour, which is included in the first item on the...
1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at Paris
1956 Government of India Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act (ITPA)
An Act to provide in pursuance of the International Convention signed at New York on the 9th day of May,1950, for the prevention of immoral traffic.
1957 UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
1966 UN International Covenant on Economic,Social and Cultural Rights
International Covenant On Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1973 ILO C138 Minimum Age Convention to abolish child labour
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fifty-eighth Session on 6 June 1973
1976 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The States Parties to the present Covenant,agreeing to 53 articles
1979 Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
1984 UN Convention against Torture
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
