United Nations Adopts Abolition of Forced Labor Convention
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Economics
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Human Rights, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment
- Curriculum: Worldwide
- Geographical Location: Geneva
- Date: June 25, 1957
Article abstract: The Abolition of Forced Labor Convention by the U.N. encouraged countries affiliated with the International Labor Organization (ILO) to outlaw forced labor as punishment for political dissent.
Summary of Event
Since the eighteenth century, human rights advocates have denounced human labor bondage and called for its abolition. Although slavery has been the most conspicuous form of bondage through the years, a new type of bondage known as forced labor has been widely practiced and widely condemned in the twentieth century. Slaves are...
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