Introduction = 1
I. CORE INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST SLAVERY = 3
A. Background = 3
B. Definition of Slavery: the Slavery Convention of 1926 and the Supplementary Convention of 1956 = 4
C. Main Characteristics of Slavery = 7
D. Other Instruments Prohibiting Slavery = 7
E. Violations of Other Fundamental Rights Associated with Slavery = 8
II. FORMS OF SLAVERY = 11
A. Serfdom = 11
B. Forced Labour = 12
1. International Labour Organization = 12
2. Forced labour conventions = 12
3. Other relevant human rights instruments = 14
C. Debt Bondage = 15
D. Migrant Workers = 16
E. Trafficking = 18
1. Trafficking in women = 26
2. Trafficking in children = 27
F. Prostitution = 30
1. Forced prostitution = 31
2. Children and prostitution = 33
3. Sexual slavery = 33
4. Sex tourism = 34
G. Forced Marriage and the Sale of Wives = 35
1. Mail-order brides = 36
H. Child Labour and Child Servitude = 37
1. The ILO and child labour = 37
2. The United Nations and child labour = 38
3. Implementation strategies = 39
4. Convention on the Rights of the Child = 40
I. Other Issues = 41
1 Apartheid and colonialism = 41
2. World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination Xenophobia and Related Intolerance; Historic responsibility and reparations = 41
3. Trafficking in human organs = 44
4. Incest = 45
III. INTERNATIONAL MONITORING MECHANISMS = 47
A. Slavery Conventions = 48
B. ILO Mechanisms = 49
1. The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work = 50
C. The Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery = 51
IV. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION = 55
I. CORE INTERNATIONAL LAW AGAINST SLAVERY = 3
A. Background = 3
B. Definition of Slavery: the Slavery Convention of 1926 and the Supplementary Convention of 1956 = 4
C. Main Characteristics of Slavery = 7
D. Other Instruments Prohibiting Slavery = 7
E. Violations of Other Fundamental Rights Associated with Slavery = 8
II. FORMS OF SLAVERY = 11
A. Serfdom = 11
B. Forced Labour = 12
1. International Labour Organization = 12
2. Forced labour conventions = 12
3. Other relevant human rights instruments = 14
C. Debt Bondage = 15
D. Migrant Workers = 16
E. Trafficking = 18
1. Trafficking in women = 26
2. Trafficking in children = 27
F. Prostitution = 30
1. Forced prostitution = 31
2. Children and prostitution = 33
3. Sexual slavery = 33
4. Sex tourism = 34
G. Forced Marriage and the Sale of Wives = 35
1. Mail-order brides = 36
H. Child Labour and Child Servitude = 37
1. The ILO and child labour = 37
2. The United Nations and child labour = 38
3. Implementation strategies = 39
4. Convention on the Rights of the Child = 40
I. Other Issues = 41
1 Apartheid and colonialism = 41
2. World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination Xenophobia and Related Intolerance; Historic responsibility and reparations = 41
3. Trafficking in human organs = 44
4. Incest = 45
III. INTERNATIONAL MONITORING MECHANISMS = 47
A. Slavery Conventions = 48
B. ILO Mechanisms = 49
1. The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work = 50
C. The Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery = 51
IV. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION = 55