Post by Jesioneka on Dec 23, 2007 11:36:16 GMT -5
The United Nations,
Believing that slavery violates the most basic principles of individual liberty,
Rejecting the notion that any nation has the right to permit persons to be subjected to slavery,
Further considering that international cooperation is required to eliminate the slave trade,
Therefore strongly desirous of enacting firm prohibitions on slavery,
Further wishing to deal with the problems presented by freed slaves, such as repatriation, economic restitution and the prevention of discrimination,
Realizing that where slavery persists, all forms of diplomatic and economic pressure, including exclusion and embargo, should be directed at ending the practice,
Noting that trafficking in persons constitutes a form of slavery that has proved particularly resilient to attempts at abolition and that special vigilance is required in this regard,
Also calling for future legislation on the subject of unfree labour in order to fully prevent de facto slavery from persisting:
1. Declares that all persons are free, and that no person shall be held, under the law of any nation, to be the possession, property, or chattel of any other person or any legal entity;
2. Requires the immediate release of any persons so owned, the immediate dissolution of any legal contracts enacting such ownership, and that all member nations henceforth refuse to recognise such conditions and contracts;
3. Condemns slavery in all its forms;
4. Prohibits member nations from returning persons to countries still practicing slavery, where there is probable cause to believe such persons will be returned to a condition of slavery or punished for attempting to escape from such conditions;
5. Permits member nations to require such persons to leave their territory for other nations willing to accept them;
6. Strongly endorses programs to assist freed slaves with adaptation to society, including the provision of education, vocational training, financial assistance and housing as required, as well as voluntary repatriation to nation of origin on request;
7. Requires member nations to take criminalise and take reasonable action to prevent reprisals against freed slaves;
8. Otherwise prohibits discrimination in civil, social, economic, legal and political rights, protection under the law, access to public services, travel permission and any other rights afforded by national and international law based solely on prior condition of servitude;
9. Encourages member nations to contribute assistance to areas previously reliant on slavery, in order to facilitate the transition of economic and social structure;
10. Prohibits the importation into any member nation of goods produced, in whole or in part, through slavery;
11. Further prohibits investment in companies using slavery;
12. Endorses and encourages diplomatic and economic efforts by member nations and international organizations to eliminate the practice of slavery in non-member nations, including efforts to support compensated manumission;
13. Requires nations to examine possible causes of and catalysts to trafficking in persons and to work, on their own and with other nations, towards the elimination of them;
14. Encourages even those nations having already abolished slavery to remain vigilant to forms of de facto slavery that may return and to fully assist in international efforts to totally eliminate all forms of slavery.
Believing that slavery violates the most basic principles of individual liberty,
Rejecting the notion that any nation has the right to permit persons to be subjected to slavery,
Further considering that international cooperation is required to eliminate the slave trade,
Therefore strongly desirous of enacting firm prohibitions on slavery,
Further wishing to deal with the problems presented by freed slaves, such as repatriation, economic restitution and the prevention of discrimination,
Realizing that where slavery persists, all forms of diplomatic and economic pressure, including exclusion and embargo, should be directed at ending the practice,
Noting that trafficking in persons constitutes a form of slavery that has proved particularly resilient to attempts at abolition and that special vigilance is required in this regard,
Also calling for future legislation on the subject of unfree labour in order to fully prevent de facto slavery from persisting:
1. Declares that all persons are free, and that no person shall be held, under the law of any nation, to be the possession, property, or chattel of any other person or any legal entity;
2. Requires the immediate release of any persons so owned, the immediate dissolution of any legal contracts enacting such ownership, and that all member nations henceforth refuse to recognise such conditions and contracts;
3. Condemns slavery in all its forms;
4. Prohibits member nations from returning persons to countries still practicing slavery, where there is probable cause to believe such persons will be returned to a condition of slavery or punished for attempting to escape from such conditions;
5. Permits member nations to require such persons to leave their territory for other nations willing to accept them;
6. Strongly endorses programs to assist freed slaves with adaptation to society, including the provision of education, vocational training, financial assistance and housing as required, as well as voluntary repatriation to nation of origin on request;
7. Requires member nations to take criminalise and take reasonable action to prevent reprisals against freed slaves;
8. Otherwise prohibits discrimination in civil, social, economic, legal and political rights, protection under the law, access to public services, travel permission and any other rights afforded by national and international law based solely on prior condition of servitude;
9. Encourages member nations to contribute assistance to areas previously reliant on slavery, in order to facilitate the transition of economic and social structure;
10. Prohibits the importation into any member nation of goods produced, in whole or in part, through slavery;
11. Further prohibits investment in companies using slavery;
12. Endorses and encourages diplomatic and economic efforts by member nations and international organizations to eliminate the practice of slavery in non-member nations, including efforts to support compensated manumission;
13. Requires nations to examine possible causes of and catalysts to trafficking in persons and to work, on their own and with other nations, towards the elimination of them;
14. Encourages even those nations having already abolished slavery to remain vigilant to forms of de facto slavery that may return and to fully assist in international efforts to totally eliminate all forms of slavery.
