Slavery Convention. Geneva, 25 September 1926

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XVIII 3. PENAL MATTERS 1

3. SLAVERY CONVENTION

Geneva, 25 September 1926

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ENTRY INTO FORCE: 9 March 1927, in accordance with article 12(second).

REGISTRATION: 9 March 1927, No. 1414.1

TEXT: League of Nations, Treaty Series

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Ratifications or definitive accessions

Afghanistan

(November 9th, 1935 a)

Austria

(August 19th, 1927)

United States of America2

(March 21st, 1929 a)

Subject to the reservation that the Government of the United

States, adhering to its policy of opposition to forced or

compulsory labour except as punishment for crime of which

the person concerned has been duly convicted, adheres to

the Convention except as to the first subdivi sion of the

second paragraph of Article 5, which reads as follows:

"(I) Subject to the transitional provisions laid down in

paragraph (2) below, compulsory or forced labour may only

be exacted for public purposes."

Belgium

(September 23rd, 1927)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3

(June 18th, 1927)

Canada

(August 6th, 1928)

Australia

(June 18th, 1927)

New Zealand

(June 18th, 1927)

Union of South Africa

(including South West Africa )(June 18th, 1927)

Ireland

(June 18th, 1930 a)

India

(June 18th, 1927)

The signature of the Convention is not binding in respect of

Article 3 in so far as that article may require India to enter

into any convention whereby vessels, by reason of the fact

that they are owned, fitted out or commanded by Indians, or

of the fact that one half of the crew is Indian, are classified

as native vessels, or are denied any privilege, right or

immunity enjoyed by similar vessels of other States

signatories of the Covenant or are made subject to any

liability or disability to which similar ships of such other

States are not subject.

Bulgaria

(March 9th, 1927)

China3,4,5

(April 22nd, 1937)

Cuba

(July 6th, 1931)

Czechoslovakia6

(October 10th, 1930)

Denmark

(May 17th, 1927)

Ecuador

(March 26th, 1928 a)

Egypt

(January 25th, 1928 a)

Estonia

(May 16th, 1929)

Finland

(September 29th, 1927)

France

(March 28th, 1931)

Syria

(June 25th, 1931 a)

Lebanon

(June 25th, 1931 a)

Germany

(March 12th, 1929)

Greece

(July 4th, 1930)

Haiti

(September 3rd, 1927 a)

Hungary7

(February 17th, 1933 a)

Iraq

(January 18th, 1929 a)

Italy

(August 25th, 1928)

Latvia

(July 9th, 1927)

Liberia

(May 17th, 1930)

Mexico

(September 8th, 1934 a)

Monaco

(January 17th, 1928 a)

Burma8

The Convention is not binding upon Burma in respect of

Article 3 in so far as that Article may require her to enter

into any convention whereby vessels by reason of the fact

that they are owned, fitted out or commanded by Burmans,

or of the fact that one-half of the crew is Burman, are