Slavery and slavery-like practices : exploitation of child labour.
| Publisher | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| Author | UN Commission on Human Rights (42nd sess. : 1986 : Geneva) |
| Publication Date | 11 March 1986 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | E/CN.4/RES/1986/34 |
| Reference | 42 |
| Cite as | UN Commission on Human Rights, Slavery and slavery-like practices : exploitation of child labour., 11 March 1986, E/CN.4/RES/1986/34, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3b00f05c24.html [accessed 23 May 2023] |
1986/34. Slavery and slavery-like practices: exploitation of child labour[1]105
The Commission on Human Rights, Recalling the provisions of the Slavery Convention,[2]106 the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery[3]107 and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,[4]108 Having considered resolution 1985/23 of 29 August 1985 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of minorities and the relevant parts of the report of the Sub-Commission on the work of its thirty-eighth session, in particular those concerning the recommendations of its Working Group on Slavery, Gravely concerned at the persistence of various slavery-like practices today, in complete disregard of accepted international standards on human rights, Considering, in the light of the work of the Sub-Commission and its Working Group on Slavery, that several issues, such as the sale of children, the exploitation of child labour debt bondage, the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others, and practices similar to slavery, such as apartheid, have not received sufficient attention,1. Invites those eligible States which have not signed or ratified the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others to do so as soon as possible, or to explain why they feel unable to do so;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to invite States parties to the Slavery Convention, the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others to report regularly upon their compliance with the provisions of the Conventions;
3. Strongly urges all States, as well as relevant organs and agencies of the United Nations system, competent intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations concerned to submit broader fresh information to the Working Group on Slavery and to participate more actively in its work;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to collect relevant information already published from the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations for the Working Group on Slavery;
5. Recommends that in all societies appropriate employment legislation be adopted, education facilities be made available at the place of work or elsewhere, and a legal minimum age and minimum wage for children be introduced, and that all competent national authorities should ensure that no children under the minimum age established by law are employed, either directly or through local subcontractors;
6. Recommends that all competent United Nations agencies, development banks and intergovernmental bodies involved in development projects should encourage policies and measures to protect the human rights of children against abusive labour;
7. Expresses the wish that the United Nations Children's Fund, as the leading United Nations body concerned with children's welfare, should be designated as the body primarily responsible for research and education relating to the sexual exploitation of children;
8. Considers that all Governments should be encouraged to establish national policies to protect children from sexual exploitation and, for that purpose, inter alia, to enact guidelines in order to prevent travel agencies, public carriers and hotel-keepers from co-operating in such exploitation;
9. Recommends that special attention should be devoted to the problem of child prostitution in all its forms;
10. Recommends that effective provisions against the sexual exploitation of children be included in the draft convention on the rights of the child under elaboration by the Commission;
11. Recommends that effective measures should be taken to promote the equality of women and men, and that the mass media should be fully utilized to that end;
12. Recommends that, on the occasion of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, 2 December 1986, and the same date in following years, should be proclaimed "World Day for the Abolition of Slavery in All Its Forms".
[1]105 Adopted at the 52nd meeting, on 11 March 1986, without a vote. See chap. XIX, para. 501. [2]106 League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. LX. No. 1414, p. 253. [3]107 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 266, No. 3822, p. 40. [4]108 Ibid., vol. 96, No. 1342, P. 271.
