ANTI-SLAVERY DEFINTIONS, DECLARATIONS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS
“Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.” Bellagio-Harvard Guidelines on the Legal Parameters of Slavery, March 3, 2012
Viareggio Carnival, Tuscany, Italy, December 2022
"No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms." Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 4, December 10, 1948
"[S]lavery and the slave trade are a crime against humanity, and should have always been so." Durban Declaration and Program of Action, September 9, 2001
