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The United Nations classifies debt bondage as a form of 'modern day slavery' [1], [2] and has established international legal frameworks, such as the 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, to address and prohibit the practice [3], [4]. Furthermore, the United Nations is recognized as an authority capable of enforcing labor laws to punish those involved in debt bondage [5].
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Debt bondage en.wikipedia.org 5 facts
perspectiveInternational labor laws need to be created by authorities such as the International Labor Organization, the World Trade Organization, Interpol, and the United Nations that have the power to adequately punish those who practice debt bondage.
referenceArticle 1(a) of the United Nations 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery specifically addresses debt bondage.
claimThe United Nations has described debt bondage as a form of 'modern day slavery'.
quoteArticle 1(a) of the United Nations' 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery defines debt bondage as the status or condition arising from a pledge by a debtor of his personal services or of those of a person under his control as security for a debt, if the value of those services as reasonably assessed is not applied towards the liquidation of the debt or the length and nature of those services are not respectively limited and defined.
claimThe United Nations describes debt bondage as a form of 'modern day slavery' and prohibits it under international law.