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• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (arts. 1, 2, 4, 22, 23 and 25)
• The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (arts. 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 23
and 26)
• The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (specifically
arts. 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12)
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(arts. 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16)7
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (arts. 7, 16, 19, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36,
37 and 39)
• The Optional Protocol to CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography (arts. 1, 2, 3 and 8)
• The Optional Protocol to CRC on involvement of children in armed conflict (arts. 1-4)
• The Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (specifically, arts. 1, 3, 13 and 14)
• The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(arts. 2, 5 and 6)
• ILO Convention No. 29 on Forced or Compulsory Labour (arts. 1, 2 and 6)
�� ILO Convention No. 138 concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
(arts. 1-3)
• ILO Convention No. 182 on Worst Forms of Child Labour (in particular, art. 3 (1))
• The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of Their Families
• The Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing
the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
• The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (in particular, art. 7 (1) (c)
and (2) (c)
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Specifically article 6 provides that States parties shall take all appropriate measures, including
legislation, to suppress all forms of trafficking in women and exploitation of prostitution of
women.
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