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 INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY CONVENTION. SEPTEMBER 25,1926. 2191 Article 1. For the purpose of the present Convention, the follo\\ing definitions DbfinitlODI. are agreed upon: (1) Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom Slavery. any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised. (2) The slave trade includes all acts involved in the capture, Slave trade. acquisition or disposal of a person with intent to reduce him to slavery; all acts Involved in the acquisition of a. slave with a view to selling or exchanging him; all acts of disposal by sale or exchange of a slave acquired with a view to being sold or exchanged, and, in general, every act of trade or transport in slaves. Article 2. The High Contracting Parties undertake, each in respect of the taTarmstroBot (talk) 15:57, 18 January 2013 (UTC)itorial under· territories placed under its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, suzerainty or tutelage, so far as they have not already taken the necessary steps: (a) To prevent and suppress the slave trade; tr!'J:.vention or slave (b) To bring about, progressively and as soon as possible, the Abolition or slavery. complete abolition of slavery in all its forms. Article 3. The High Contracting Parties undertake to adopt all appropriate trTarmstroBot (talk)re;;;~Og pregt ~easures wi~h a view to preventing and .suppr~ssing. the. embarkationl ~':ri~ri~f w:=~ ~ disembarkatIOn and transport of slaves In theIr terntonal waters and. adopted. upon all vessels Hying their respective Hags. The High Contracting Parties undertake to negotiate as soon as re~;~T:;.~ sFa~ve~:TarmstroBot (talk) possible a general Convention with regard to the slave trade which to be negotiated. will give them rights and impose upon them duties of the same nature as those provided for in the Convention of June 17th, 1925, relative to the International Trade in Arms (Articles 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Section II of Annex II), with the neces- sary adaptations, it being understood that this general Convention will not place the ships (even of t!mall tonnage) of any High Con- tracting Parties in a position different from that of the other High Contracting Parties. It is also understood that, before or after the coming into force of msretcial.muttuaI agree-raJ hi alC . hHihC . P.. I ens pTior 0 gene t 8 gener onventlon, t e g ontractIng arties are entire y convention. free to conclude between themselves, without, however, derogating from the principles laid down in the preceding paragraph, such special agreements as, by reason of their peculiar situation, might appear to be suitable in order to bring about as soon as possible the complete disappearance of the slave trade. Article 4. The High Contracting Parties shall give to one another every intv~celnabollsh. assistance with the object of securing the abolition of slavery and the . slave trade. Article 5. The High Contracting Parties recognise that recourse to comnul- Compulsory or rorced . I:" labor agreement. sory or forced labour may have grave consequences and undertake, each in res.t>ect of the territories placed under its sovereignty, juris- diction, protection, suzerainty or tutelage, to take all necessary measures to prevent compulsory or forced labour from developing into conditions analogous to slavery. 57894°-31-PT2--36