In 1955, the First UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders adopted the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Known as the SMRs, these non-binding rules provide principles of good practice in the… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
Article 7 of the Slavery Convention provides that “the High Contracting Parties undertake to communicate to each other and to the Secretary-General . . . any laws and regulations which they may enact with a view to the application of… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
Canada signed the Slavery Convention on September 25, 1926 and ratified it on August 6, 1928. To date, Canada has made no reservations with respect to the Convention. Canada signed the Protocol Amending the Slavery Convention on December 17, 1953…. Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
Article 1 of the Convention defines slavery as: “the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.” It defines the slave trade as: “The slave trade… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
Although slavery and the slave trade has been practiced throughout human history, organized social movements calling for an end to these practices began to gather momentum in the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in the United States, the United Kingdom… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
The 1926 Slavery Convention banned slavery and the slave trade and created concrete measures States parties agree to undertake to eliminate these practices. The Convention, which was created under the auspices of the League of Nations, requires signatories to eliminate… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
download pdf Canada has ratified the Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery (Slavery Convention). Adoption: The Slavery Convention was adopted by the Assembly of the League of Nations on September 25, 1926. The Convention was amended by the… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
National Human Rights Institutions – History, Principles, Roles and Responsibilities – OHCHR Professional Training Series No. 4 (Rev.1) OHCHR Fact Sheet No.19, National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights United Nations General Assembly resolution 48/134 on National… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
The national human rights institutions around the world established the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in 1993 to coordinate the activities of NHRIs internationally and to accredit members as complying fully… Continue Reading…