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Official No.: C. 618, 1932. VI.

Geneva, September 1st, 1932.

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LEAGUE OF NATIONS

SLAVERY

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON SLAVERY PROVIDED FOR BY THE ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION OF SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1931

CONTENTS.

I. LETTER, dated August 30th, 1932, from the Chairman of the Committee to the President

of the Council

II.

REPORT TO THE COUNCIL:

Chapter I.

Status and Legal Status of Slaves:

A.

B.

Survey of the Situation Suggestions.

Chapter II.

Slave-raiding and Similar Acts:

A.

Survey of the Situation:

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(a) Raids properly so-called

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(6) Inter-tribal Wars and Other Raids

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(c) The Capture of Individuals.

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B. Suggestions.

Chapter III.

Slave Trade:

A. Survey of the Situation

B.

Suggestions.

Chapter IV.

Slave-dealing (including Transfer by Exchange, Sale, Gift, Inheritance, or Occasional Sale of Persons previously Free):

A. Survey of the Situation

B. Suggestions.

Chapter V.

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Practices Restrictive on the Liberty of the Person:

A.

Survey of the Situation:

(a) Acquisition of Girls by Purchase disguised as Payment

of Dowry.

(b) Enslavement of Children disguised as Adoption

(c) Pledging of Third Persons

(d) Pledging of the Debtor himself

B.

Chapter VI.

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Suggestions.

Domestic or Predial Servitude (Serfdom):

A. Survey of the Situation

B. Suggestions.

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