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... Adopts this twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine
hundred and thirty the following Convention, which may be cited as the
Forced Labour Convention, 1930, for ratification by the Members of the
International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution of the International Labour Organisation: ...
... 1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies
this Convention undertakes to suppress the use of forced or compulsory
labour in all its forms within the shortest possible period. ...
... (e) Minor communal services of a kind which, being performed by the
members of the community in the direct interest of the said community, can
therefore be considered as normal civic obligations incumbent upon the
members of the community, provided that the members of the community or
their direct representatives shall have the right to be consulted in
regard to the need for such services. ...
... (e) Minor communal services of a kind which, being performed by the
members of the community in the direct interest of the said community, can
therefore be considered as normal civic obligations incumbent upon the
members of the community, provided that the members of the community or
their direct representatives shall have the right to be consulted in
regard to the need for such services. ...
... (e) Minor communal services of a kind which, being performed by the
members of the community in the direct interest of the said community, can
therefore be considered as normal civic obligations incumbent upon the
members of the community, provided that the members of the community or
their direct representatives shall have the right to be consulted in
regard to the need for such services. ...
... 2. Where such forced or compulsory labour for the benefit of private
individuals, companies or associations exists at the date on which a
Member's ratification of this Convention is registered by the
Director-General of the International Labour Office, the Member shall
completely suppress such forced or compulsory labour from the date on
which this Convention comes into force for that Member. ...
... 2. Where such forced or compulsory labour for the benefit of private
individuals, companies or associations exists at the date on which a
Member's ratification of this Convention is registered by the
Director-General of the International Labour Office, the Member shall
completely suppress such forced or compulsory labour from the date on
which this Convention comes into force for that Member. ...
... 2. Where such forced or compulsory labour for the benefit of private
individuals, companies or associations exists at the date on which a
Member's ratification of this Convention is registered by the
Director-General of the International Labour Office, the Member shall
completely suppress such forced or compulsory labour from the date on
which this Convention comes into force for that Member. ...
... Officials of the administration, even when they have the duty of
encouraging the populations under their charge to engage in some form of
labour, shall not put constraint upon the said populations or upon any
individual members thereof to work for private individuals, companies or
associations. ...
... 2. Nothing in this article shall be construed as abrogating the
obligation on members of a community, where production is organised on a
communal basis by virtue of law or custom and where the procedure or any
profit accruing from the sale thereof remain the property of the
community, to perform the work demanded by the community by virtue of law
or custom. ...
... Collective punishment laws under which a community may be punished for
crimes committed by any of its members shall not contain provisions for
forced or compulsory labour by the community as one of the methods of
punishment. ...
... The annual reports that Members which ratify this Convention agree to
make to the International Labour Office, pursuant to the provisions of
article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation,
on the measures they have taken to give effect to the provisions of this
Convention, shall contain as full information as possible, in respect of
each territory concerned, regarding the extent to which recourse has been
had to forced or compulsory labour in that territory, the purposes for
which it has been employed, the sickness and death rates, hours of work,
methods of payment of wages and rates of wages, and any other relevant
information. ...
... The illegal exaction of forced or compulsory labour shall be punishable
as a penal offence, and it shall be an obligation on any Member ratifying
this Convention to ensure that the penalties imposed by law are really
adequate and are strictly enforced. ...
... 1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies
this Convention undertakes to apply it to the territories placed under its
sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, suzerainty, tutelage or authority,
so far as it has the right to accept obligations affecting matters of
internal jurisdiction; provided that, if such Member may desire to take
advantage of the provisions of article 35 of the Constitution of the
International Labour Organisation, it shall append to its ratification a
declaration stating: ...
... 1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies
this Convention undertakes to apply it to the territories placed under its
sovereignty, jurisdiction, protection, suzerainty, tutelage or authority,
so far as it has the right to accept obligations affecting matters of
internal jurisdiction; provided that, if such Member may desire to take
advantage of the provisions of article 35 of the Constitution of the
International Labour Organisation, it shall append to its ratification a
declaration stating: ...
... 2. The aforesaid declaration shall be deemed to be an integral part of
the ratification and shall have the force of ratification. It shall be
open to any Member, by a subsequent declaration, to cancel in whole or in
part the reservations made, in pursuance of the provisions of
subparagraphs (2) and (3) of this article, in the original declaration.
...
... 1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members whose
ratifications have been registered with the International Labour Office.
...
... 2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on which the
ratifications of two Members of the International Labour Organisation have
been registered with the Director-General. ...
... 3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any Member
twelve months after the date on which the ratification has been
registered. ...
... As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International Labour
Organisation have been registered with the International Labour Office,
the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall so notify
all the Members of the International Labour Organisation. He shall
likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be
communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organisation. ...
... As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International Labour
Organisation have been registered with the International Labour Office,
the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall so notify
all the Members of the International Labour Organisation. He shall
likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be
communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organisation. ...
... As soon as the ratifications of two Members of the International Labour
Organisation have been registered with the International Labour Office,
the Director-General of the International Labour Office shall so notify
all the Members of the International Labour Organisation. He shall
likewise notify them of the registration of ratifications which may be
communicated subsequently by other Members of the Organisation. ...
... 1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may denounce it after the
expiration of ten years from the date on which the Convention first comes
into force, by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall not
take effect until one year after the date on which it is registered with
the International Labour Office. ...
... 2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which does not,
within the year following the expiration of the period of ten years
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of denunciation
provided for in this article, will be bound for another period of five
years and, thereafter, may denounce this Convention at the expiration of
each period of five years under the terms provided for in this article.
...
... 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this Convention
in whole or in part, the ratification by a Member of the new revising
Convention shall ipso jure involve denunciation of this Convention without
any requirement of delay, notwithstanding the provisions of article 30
above, if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into force.
...
... 2. As from the date of the coming into force of the new revising
Convention, the present Convention shall cease to be open to ratification
by the Members. ...
... 3. Nevertheless, this Convention shall remain in force in its actual
form and content for those Members which have ratified it but have not
ratified the revising Convention. ...