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... 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. ...
... 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. 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.
...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...