Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits
slavery
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
and
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
. Conscription, national service, prison labour, service exacted in cases of emergency or calamity, and "normal civic obligations" are excepted from these definitions.
Violations found by the European Court of Human Rights
*''Siliadin v France'', application No. 73316/01 (adjudicated in 2005; case of
servitude and forced or compulsory labour)
*''Rantsev v Cyprus and Russia'', application No. 25965/04 (adjudicated in 2010; case of
human trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extr ...
)
*''C. N. and V. v France'', application No. 67724/09 (adjudicated in 2012)
*''C. N. v the United Kingdom'', application No. 4239/08 (adjudicated in 2012)
*''Chitos v Greece'' application No. 51637/12 (adjudicated in 2015)
*''L. E. v Greece'', application No. 71545/12 (adjudicated in 2016)
*''Chowdury and others v Greece'', application No. 21884/15 (adjudicated in 2017)
*''S. M. v Croatia'', application No. 60561/14 (adjudicated in 2018)
*''T. I. and others v Greece'', application No. 40311/10 (adjudicated in 2019)
Literature
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History
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R v. Knowles, ex parte Somersett'' (1772)
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Slavery at common law
Slavery at common law in the British Empire developed slowly over centuries, and was characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for the treatment of slavery, the slave trade, and the rights of slaves and slave owners. Unli ...
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representative ...
See also
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European Convention on Human Rights
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by ...
References
External links
Slavery, servitude and forced labour cases under the European Convention on Human RightsSummary of Siliadin v. FranceSummary of Rantsev v. Cyprus and RussiaSummary of L. E. v. GreeceSlavery, servitude, and forced labour
ECtHR factsheet, 2015
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Unfree labour