strategy
Abolishing slave trade
Synonyms:
Suppressing slave trade Implementation:
The United Nations has proclaimed August 23rd as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, but this will bring little joy to the children and adults still being trapped for prostitution, domestic servitude, forced beggary and other abuses. 2001 saw a record high number of people are being trafficked against their will. With conservative estimates placing the number of trafficked humans at 700,000 each year, the issue is hardly just a matter of historical reflection.
The challenge is no small order. Greed is the engine driving this slave trade, with the annual earnings from trafficking reaching up to between $5 billion and $7 billion. Often the very officials paid to protect women and children are the wealthy beneficiaries of the trade. Organised crime is now also a major player in the field as the profits from human trafficking rival those of drug smuggling and gun running.
Claim:
Slavery, the slave trade and slavery-like practices still exist. There are modern manifestations of these phenomena and such practices represent some of the gravest violations of human rights.
Narrower:
Abolishing white slave tradeEliminating abusive child labourExposing underground baby-trading Constrains:
Engaging in slave trade Problems:
Slave tradeValues:
Enslavement Organizations:
International Abolitionist Federation Anti-Slavery International International Solidarity for Victims of Modern Slavery Treaty on abolition of African slave trade, 1815 Treaty on abolition of slave trade, 1822 General act relative to African slave trade, 1885 International agreement for the suppression of the white slave traffic International convention for the suppression of the white slave traffic, 1910 Slavery convention, 1926 Protocol amending the International agreement for the suppression of the white slave traffic International convention for the suppression of the white slave traffic, 1949 Convention for the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others Protocol amending the Slavery convention Slavery convention, 1953 Supplementary convention on the abolition of slavery, the slave trade, and institutions and practices similar to slavery Subjects:
Commerce → TradeSocietal Problems → Abolition
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies