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Article

9 May 2011

Author:
Renata A. Giannini

The Abolition of Modern Day Child Slavery: Issue brief for the Old Dominion University Model United Nations Conference, GA Third Committee: Social, Cultural and Humanitarian

Children are the main victims of modern day slavery and actions to address the problem are limited in scope and capacity. The main problem refers to the difficult in identifying cases. Most of them occur in the Third World, where effective actions lack institutional and financial support. Moreover the extreme links between child slavery and poverty perpetuates the practice as social and economic conditions do not improve...[This paper discusses:] Definition and forms...Current situation...Abolition and Strategy...Legal Instruments...