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This comprehensive report, compiled by the Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention (HRAP) Clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law from 2020 to 2024, surveys domestic slavery and slave trade laws across States Parties to the Rome Statute. Law students conducted comparative legal research examining how national legislation defines and criminalizes slavery, the slave trade, sexual slavery, and related practices such as trafficking and forced labor. Organized by region, the report presents constitutional and penal code provisions, assesses compliance with international humanitarian law, and highlights legal trends and gaps. It serves as a vital resource for international law scholars, policymakers, and advocates seeking to understand global legal approaches to slavery and atrocity prevention.

Publication Date

6-2024

Keywords

slavery, slave trade, Rome Statute, international criminal law, human trafficking, domestic law, atrocity prevention, human rights

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Criminal Law | Human Rights Law | International Law | Law | Law and Society | Legal History | Legislation | Public Law and Legal Theory | Transnational Law

Comments

Research compiled by law clinic students of the Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention (HRAP) Clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law between 2020 and 2024. Supervised, edited, and compiled by Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum and Charles E. Scheidt Teaching Fellow Brett Jones.

Contributors include:
Alex Becker (’22), Fernanda Canessa (’22), Thomas Paddock (’24), James Stitt (’24), Matima Leekitwattana (’25), Sophia Ramcharitar (’25), Marina Coriale (’25), and Soraya Mazarei (’26).


 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (include link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

A Survey of Slavery & the Slave Trade Law

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