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The Right to Protection from Slavery and Forced Labour

April 5, 2023August 28, 2023 Human Rights Concept

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. Trafficking in human beings for whatever purpose is prohibited

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FDRE Constitution, Article 18(2&3) 

  • No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. Trafficking in human beings for whatever purpose is prohibited.  
  • No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.  

ICCPR, Article 8 

  • The prohibition to perform forced or compulsory labour shall not be held to preclude, in countries where imprisonment with hard labour may be imposed as a punishment for a crime, the performance of hard labour in pursuance of a sentence to such punishment by a competent court.
Location Ethiopia

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