Series SOA 17/2 - Slavery - Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery and Servitude

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SOA 17/2

Title

Slavery - Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery and Servitude

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  • 1954-1956 (Creation)

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7 files.

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The International Slavery Convention of 1926, which sought to prevent and suppress the slave trade and to bring about the complete abolition of slavery, became a UN instrument in 1955 (see LEG 17/1/02). However, studies undertaken by ECOSOC and the ILO indicated that in order to effectively eliminate slavery in all its forms a new supplementary convention was needed. These records relate to the drafting of such a convention, adopted by ECOSOC in September 1956 under the title Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery. This convention entered into force in April 1957.

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Restricted

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  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

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    Microfilm reference number: ARR 1157/Reel 119/Sequences 28 - 46

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    Protection period to: 2015-12-31

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    9524

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    Draft

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        Protection period duration: 60

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        Physical usability: Without limits

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        Term of protection: Specific Rules (60)

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