International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was created in 2014 by the United Nations (UN) marking the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others signature (2 December 1949).
Portugal was, historically, one of the first countries to initiate the slavery abolition process. However this is not a reality from the past. On the contrary, we are facing, at a global level, modern slavery, that can appear in various forms: persons traffic for sexual exploitation purpose, labor exploitation or for organs trade. The numbers reveled by the UN are straightforward: there are 40.3 million people are in modern slavery, including 24.9 in forced labor and 15.4 million in forced marriage.
This being a current problem and gaining a worldwide dimension, today, the Ombudsman of Portugal draws the attention to the respect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulates that no one should be subjected to slavery or servitude, and for the need to require a joint effort to end slavery in the 21st century. The Ombudsman of Portugal rejects completely this phenomenon e remember the exploited women, men and children and also all of those working every day for the eradication of this atrocious practice.
Portugal was, historically, one of the first countries to initiate the slavery abolition process. However this is not a reality from the past. On the contrary, we are facing, at a global level, modern slavery, that can appear in various forms: persons traffic for sexual exploitation purpose, labor exploitation or for organs trade. The numbers reveled by the UN are straightforward: there are 40.3 million people are in modern slavery, including 24.9 in forced labor and 15.4 million in forced marriage.
This being a current problem and gaining a worldwide dimension, today, the Ombudsman of Portugal draws the attention to the respect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulates that no one should be subjected to slavery or servitude, and for the need to require a joint effort to end slavery in the 21st century. The Ombudsman of Portugal rejects completely this phenomenon e remember the exploited women, men and children and also all of those working every day for the eradication of this atrocious practice.