Article 4, Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Contemporary slavery violates a variety of human rights and includes the child labor, bonded labor, serfdom, servile marriage, human trafficking (particularly of women and children for the sex trade), and the exploitation of domestic and migrant labor. These practices continue relatively unnoticed by the developed world, and, in certain cases, accepted as part of society in some third world countries, making contemporary slavery difficult to abolish internationally. A general ignorance on the part of the public contributes to and enforces governmental and international inaction.
Created by Rachel Gorman for World Politics 116, Mount Holyoke College. December 2005.
Contact: Rachel Gorman gorma20r@mtholyoke.edu