Human Trafficking - Current International Laws

Current International Laws

  • Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage, and Registration of Marriages, entered into force in 1964
  • Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; and
  • Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
  • ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
  • ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
  • ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
  • ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

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