Editorial: Slavery Still Exists
Despite the abolition of slavery all over the world, still slavery is not a crime in half of the world, according to the latest research findings. A renowned media house ‘the conversation had collaborated several academics and researchers to find this hard-hitting truth. As per their peer-reviewed report, “Legal ownership of people was indeed abolished in all countries over the course of the last two centuries. But in many countries, it has not been criminalized. In almost half of the world’s countries, there is no criminal law penalizing either slavery or the slave trade. In 94 countries, you cannot be prosecuted and punished in a criminal court for enslaving another human being.
Our findings displace one of the most basic assumptions made in the modern antislavery movement — that slavery is already illegal everywhere in the world.”
The slavery map of the world shows the prevailing reality.
In the same report, we can also learn
Although 96% of all these countries have some kind of domestic anti-trafficking legislation in place, still
- 94 states (49%) appear not to have criminal legislation prohibiting slavery
- 112 states (58%) appear not to have put in place penal provisions punishing forced labour
- 180 states (93%) appear not to have enacted legislative provisions criminalizing slavery
- 170 states (88%) appear to have failed to criminalize the four institutions and practices similar to slavery.
The UN should play a very proactive role in this regard. Already there has been a ‘Slavery Convention’ of United Nations Human Rights Commission is in place. Signed at Geneva on 25th September 1926, the convention contains 12 articles to curtail slavery. What is now required is the will of the country to strictly implement this convention under the supervision of the United Nations. . And the media should play a proactive role to create awareness in this regard. Most importantly, the people-driven social media must play a vital role in this regard.
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