165/1930 Sb.
Convention
about slavery.
On behalf of the Czechoslovak Republic.
On behalf of the Czechoslovak Republic,
Albanie, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, Federation of States
The Australian, the Union of South Africa, the Dominion of New Zealand, and India,
Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Ethiopie,
Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Liberie,
Panama, the Netherlands, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Kingdom of
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Sweden and Uruguay
This Convention was agreed:
(Translation.)
Convention
about slavery.
Albanie, Germany, Austria, Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, Commonwealth
Australian, South African, New Zealand Union Dominion and India, Bulgaria,
China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Ethiopie,
France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Liberie, Panama,
Netherlands, Persia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenes, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Uruguay,
Noting that the signatories to the General acts of the Brussels Conference of the year
1889-90 have declared that they are equally inspired by a firm intention to make
put an end to the slave trade in Africa;
Noting that the signatories to the Convention agreed in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, r.
1919, for the purpose of the General Act of the Berlin revidovati of 1885 and
General Act of the Brussels Declaration of 1890, have expressed the intention to
to produce such a complete suppression of slavery in all its forms and trade
slaves on land and at sea;
Bearing in mind the report of the Temporary Slavery Commission, appointed by the
The Council of the League of Nations on 12 June 2006. June 1924;
Desiring to doplniti and rozšířiti the work carried out by the Brussels aktou and
find a means to efficient implementation in all over the world, as far as
the slave trade and slavery, manifested signatories to the Convention agreed in
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and recognizing that is uzavříti to the objectives of the
for a more detailed agreement than that contains the said Convention;
Judging outside of it, that is to be zabrániti, so that forced labour does not lead to
conditions similar to slavery,
they decided to uzavříti the Convention and appointed to the objectives of its plnomocníky:
President of the Supreme Council of Albania:
Dr. Dino,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister of his Majesty's
the King of Italian.
President of the German Empire:
Dr. Karl von Schubert,
the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
President of the Federal Republic of Austria:
P. von Pflügla, Who
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister, representative of the Federal
the Government of the League of Nations.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians:
P. l. de Brouckéra,
a member of the Senate of the first delegate of Belgium at the seventh ordinary session of the
The Assembly Of The League Of Nations.
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
and the British Dominions, Emperor of overseas Indian:
Very honorable Cecil of Chelwood, vicomta
K. c. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,.
For the dominion of Canada:
Very Reverend Sir George e. foster,
G. C. M. G. P. C. L. L. D., Senator, Member of the secret Council for
Canada.
For The Australian Commonwealth:
The Honorable J. G. Latham's,
C. m. g., k. c., m. p., the Attorney General of the Commonwealth.
For The Union Of South Africa:
P. Jacobus Stephanus, Smita
the Union's High Commissioner in London.
In New Zealand the dominion:
The Honourable Sir James Parr,
K. c. m. g., High Commissioner in London.
and in India:
Sir William Henry Hoare Vincent,
G. C. I. E., K. C. S. I., Member of the Council of State Secretary for India,
former member of the Executive Council of the Governor General of India.
His Majesty the King of the Bulgarians:
P. D. Mikoffa,
Chargé d'affaires in Berne, the Permanent Representative of the Bulgarian Government
at the League of Nations.
The executive chef of the Republic of China:
P. Chao-Hsin Chu,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister in Rome.
President of the Republic of Columbia:
Dr. Francisco José Urrutia,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the Federal Council
the Swiss, representative of Colombia in the Council of the League of Nations.
President of the Republic of Cuba:
P. a. de Agüero y Bethancourt's,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the President's Empire
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany and Austria.
His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland:
Herluf Zahle, p.
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the President's Empire
The German.
His Majesty the King of Spain:
P. M. Lopez Roberts,
the Marquis de la Torrehermose,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the Federal Council
the Swiss.
President of the Republic of Estonia:
General Johan Laidonera,
Member, President's Commission of Foreign Affairs and national defense.
Her Majesty the Empress and the Queen of Kings and his imperial Ethiopie and
Royal Highness, the Prince regent and heir to the throne:
Dedjazmatch Guetatchou,
Minister of the Interior;
Lidj Makonnen Endelkatchou;
Kentiba Gebrou;
Ato Tasfae,
Secretary-General of the League of Nations to the imperial service in Addis-Abeba.
President of the Republic of Finland:
P. Rafael Erich, W.
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the Federal Council
the Swiss, a delegate of Finland in the permanent Company of Nations.
President of the French Republic:
Earl B. Clauzela,
the authorized Minister, preferred the French services for the society
Nations.
President of the Hellenic Republic:
P. D. Caclamanose,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister of his British
Majesty.
P. V. Dendramise,
Chargé d'affaires in Berne, delegate at the League of Nations standing.
His Majesty the King of Italian:
Professor Vittiria Scialoju,
the State Minister, the representative of Italy in the Council, Senator of Nations.
President of the Republic of Latvia:
Karel Duzmanse, P.
the Permanent delegate at the League of Nations.
President of the Republic of Liberie:
Baron Rudolf A. Lehmann,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the President of the Republic
The French delegate, permanent at the League of Nations.
President of the Republic of Lithuania:
P. V. Sidzikauskase,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the President's Empire
The German.
His Majesty the King: Norvéžský
Dr. Fridtjof Fridtjof Nansen's,
Professor at the University of Oslo.
President of the Republic of Panama:
Dr. Eusebio A. Morales,
Professor of law at the National School of Panama, Minister of finance.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands:
Jonkheera w. f. van Lennepa,
the Chargé d'affaires a. i. of the Netherlands in Bern.
His Majesty the Emperor of the Persian:
His Highness prince Arfu,
the Ambassador, a representative of Persia at the League of Nations.
President of the Republic of Poland:
P. Augusta Zaleskiho,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
President of the Portuguese Republic:
Dr. a. de Vasconcellose,
the Foreign Minister, the preferred section for the League of Nations in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
His Majesty the King of Romania:
P. N. Titulesco,
Professor at the University of Bucharest, the Special Envoy and
authorized the Minister of his British Majesty, representative of Romania
the Council of the League of Nations.
His Majesty the King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes:
Dr. M. Jovanoviče,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the Federal Council
the Swiss, Permanent Representative at the League of Nations.
His Majesty the King of Sweden:
P. Einar Henningse,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the Federal Council
the Swiss.
The President of the Republic:
P. Ferdinand Squirrel,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the Federal Council
the Swiss.
President of the Republic of Uruguay:
P. b. Fernandez y Medina,
the extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister of his Majesty the King
the Spanish.
Who předloživše his full power, they agreed on the following provisions:
Article 1.
For the purposes of this Convention, the following definitions are agreed upon:
1. Slavery is the status or the ratio of people over which they exercise some
or all of the rights of ownership.
2. Slave trade includes any act of capture,
the acquisition or the assignment of persons with the intention of it beheld in slavery; each
negotiations involving the acquisition of a slave with the intention of prodati or trade
It; any act consisting in the assignment, sale of the neb in Exchange,
the slave acquired with the intention to be sold or exchanged, as well as at all
any act consisting in the slave trade or transport them.
Article 2.
The High Contracting Parties undertake, each in respect of the territory,
its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, sovereignty or guardianship,
If not already taken necessary measures:
and zabraňovati and potlačovati) the slave trade;
(b)) usilovati about the gradual and complete as soon as possible the Suppression of slavery in
all of its forms.
Article 3.
The High Contracting Parties undertake to make all the appropriate measures to
It aims to prevent and suppress embarkation, disembarkation and
to the right of the slaves in their territoriálních waters and in all ships,
delivery of their flag.
The High Contracting Parties undertake to establish a permanent Alliance as soon as possible a General
the Convention on the trade in slaves, which gives them the rights and obligations of a similar nature stores
like them, which are established in the Convention. June 1925 by
International trade in weapons (articles 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and
sections 3, 4 and 5 of section II. Annex II.) with the necessary modifications, as
It is understood that this General Convention does not ship (sni ship small
load capacity) any of the High Contracting Parties to another position than
the ship of the other high contracting parties.
It also means that before as well as after the entry into force of this General
The Convention, the High Contracting Parties will enjoy complete freedom of uzavírati
between them, without, however, have infringed the principles laid down in the previous
paragraph, such special arrangements that would be revealed due to the
their special status appropriate to the goals, as soon as possible
complete disappearance of the slave trade.
Article 4.
The High Contracting Parties shall provide each other with all the assistance to objectives,
in order to ensure the extermination of slavery and the slave trade.
Article 5.
The High Contracting Parties recognize that the use of forced or compulsory labour
can have serious consequences, and undertake, each in respect of the territory of the
built under its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, sovereignty or
guardianship, make all necessary measures in order to prevent
forced or compulsory labour did in a similar state of slavery.
Is agreed that the
1. subject to the transitional provisions in the following objectives (2)
section, forced or compulsory labour may be required only for
public purpose;
2. in the territories, where forced or compulsory labour for other than public
these constituents have not yet has been preserved, the High Contracting Parties shall endeavour to progressively and
She maketh an end as soon as possible. If such forced or compulsory labour
There is, he will have always of an exceptional nature, will always be reasonably
remunerated and will not cause a relocation of workers from their normal
residence;
3. in all cases, bear the responsibility for any use of forced or
compulsory labour, the central competent authorities of the territory.
Article 6.
Those High Contracting Parties for which the existing legal order does not contain
adequate provisions for the punishment of violations of the laws and equipment
issued to the objectives, in order to achieve the purposes of this Convention, undertake to
the measures necessary to do at these violations were imposed strict
the punishments.
Article 7.
The High Contracting Parties undertake to oznamovati each other and
the Secretary-General of the League of Nations the laws and regulations that
shall be issued for the implementation of the provisions of this Convention.
8.
The High Contracting Parties agree that all disputes, which between them
may vzniknouti about the interpretation or application of this Convention, shall, if
could not be settled by direct negotiation, raised to the decision on Standing
the International Court of Justice. If States, among which a dispute arises,
or one of them were not parties to the Protocol of 16 October.
December 1920 on the Permanent Court of international justice, the dispute shall be
raised, according to their choice and in accordance with the constitutional requirements of each of the
them, either on the Permanent Court of international justice or judge
the Court, which was established pursuant to the Convention of 18. October 1907 for a friendly handling
international disputes, or to any other court of arbitration.
Article 9.
At the signing, ratification or accession, each of the High Contracting
the parties make a Mormon out that its acceptance of the Convention does not oblige some or
all the territories subject to its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection,
sovereignty or guardianship in respect of all or some of the provisions
Of the Convention, and may later be přistoupiti separately, in whole or in part,
on behalf of either of them.
Article 10.
If any of the High Contracting Parties wanted this Convention vypověděti,
notice will be reported in writing to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations,
that immediately send a certified copy of this Declaration to all the other High
the Contracting Parties and shall notify them of the date when the notification received.
Denunciation shall take effect only as regards the State which it reported, and
only a year after the announcement of the company has been the Secretary-General of the
Nations.
Notice of termination may be made in respect of any individual also
the territory, subject to its sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, sovereignty
or guardianship.
Article 11.
This Convention, which shall bear the date of today, and the French and
English texts are authentic, shall remain open for signature
States-members of the League of Nations to the 1. April 1927.
The Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall notify the States to this Convention, then
that have not signed it, including States that are not members of the company
Nations, and invite them to parties.
The State, wishing to přistoupiti to the Convention, it shall notify its intention in writing
the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, and he shall send to the instrument of accession,
that will be deposited in the archives of the company.
The Secretary General shall send immediately to all other High Contracting Parties,
a certified copy of the notification and the instrument of accession with the indication of the date when the
He received.
Article 12.
This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited in
the Office of the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, who shall notify the
Save all the High Contracting Parties.
The Convention enters into force for each State on the date of the deposit of its ratification of the
or access.
On the conscience of the agents have signed this Convention.
Done at Geneva, this twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred, in a non-smoker!
a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the League of Nations, and
a certified copy will be handed to each of the signatárních States.
Albanie
D. Dino
Germany
Dr. Carl von Schubert
Austria
Emerich Pflügl
Belgium
L. de Brouckére
The British Empire
I declare that my signature does not oblige India or any British
Dominion, which is an independent member of the League of Nations and nepodpisuje
separately this Convention or it does not.
Cecil
Canada
George Eulas Foster
Australia
J. G. Latham
The Union Of South Africa
J. S. Smit
New Zealand
J. C. Parr
India
Within the meaning of article 87(1). 9 this Convention declare that my signature does not oblige my
the country, with regard to the implementation of article 2, paragraph (b)), articles 5, 6 and 7 of this
The Convention in these areas: in Birmanii districts lying West and South of
Hukawng Valley, bordered to the North and West boundary of Assam, on
East of the river Nanphuk and in the South, Hkamti Singaling-m, Somra and districts; (c)
Sadiya of Assam border districts and the territory of the Balipara, lying East of the
the Naga Hills District up to the border, and a small Birmanie district to the South of the district
Lushai Hills; also in the territories of India, belonging to a Prince or
Chief, built under his Majesty's sovereignty.
Also I declare that my signature the Convention obliges my country, according to the article.
3. If this article could vyžadovati that India participated in the
The Convention, according to which a ship, on the grounds that it is private, or
Indians in charge, or that half the crew is Indian, have been klassifikovány
as the ships Aboriginal or have been excluded from the privileges, rights, or
immunity, granted to similar ships of the second Covenant, signatárních States
or have been subjected to burdens or disadvantages that would target similar
ships of the other States.
W. H. Vincent
Bulgaria
D. Mikoff
China
Chao-Hsin Chu
Colombia
Francisco José Urrutia
Cuba
Aristides de Agüero Bethancourt's
Denmark
Herluf Zahle
Spain
For Spain and Spanish colonies except in the Spanish Protectorate
Morocco
Mauricio Lopez Roberts
Marquis de la Torrehermosa
Estonia
J. Laidoner
Ethiopie
Guetatchou
Makonnen
Kentiba Gebrou
Ato Tasfae
Finland
Rafael Erich
France
B. Clauzel
Greece
D. Caclamanos
V. Dendramis
Italie
Vittorio Scialoja
Latvia
Charles Duzmans
Liberie
Subject to ratification by the Senate Liberie
Bon R Lehmann
Lithuania
Venceslas Sidzikauskas
Norvéžsko
Fridtjof Nansen
Panama
Eusebio A. Morales
Netherlands
W. f. van Lennep
Persia
Ad referendum and in the interpretation of article. 3 in the sense that it cannot přiměti
Persia, to commit to any agreement or Convention which would
She set her ship any payload of up to categories of ships of the indigenous
under the Convention on the trade in weapons.
The Prince Arfa
Poland
Auguste Zaleski
Portugal
Augusto de Vasconcellos
Romania
N. Titulesco
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
M. Jovanovitch
Sweden
Einar Hennings
Czechoslovakia
Ferdinand Squirrel
Uruguay
B. Fernandez y Medina
Prozkoumavše endorsement of this Convention, and we confirm it.
The conscience we have signed this sheet and the seal of the Republic
The Czechoslovak přitisknouti dali.
In the Židlochovicích of 5 November. July summer devítistého thirty-one thousand.
The President of the Republic:
T. g. Masaryk in r.
L. S.
Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Dr. Edvard Beneš in r.
Is announced with the fact that this Convention has taken pursuant to article 12. for
The Czechoslovak Republic on 10. October 1930, t. j. day,
When the instrument of ratification has been deposited with the Secretary
The League Of Nations.
Dr. Edvard Beneš in r.
