INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE TRAFFIC IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AS AMENDED
Note: This Convention was concurred in by the Senate, S.R. No.
99, May 19, 1952. The Philippine instrument of accession was deposited
with the Secretary-General of the U.N., September 30, 1954. The
Convention entered into force, April 20, 1950, and with respect to the
Philippines., September 30, 1954.Reference: This Convention is also published in 53 UNTS, p. 39.
ARTICLE 1
The High Contracting Parties agree that, in the event
of their not being already Parties to the Agreement of May 18, 1904, and
the Convention o£ May 4, 1910, mentioned above, they will transmit with
the least possible delay, their ratifications of, or adhesions to,
those instruments in the manner laid down therein.
ARTICLE 2
The High Contracting Parties agree to take all
measures to discover and prosecute persons who are engaged in the
traffic in children of both sexes and who commit offences within the
meaning of Article 1 of the Convention of May 4, 1910.
ARTICLE 3
The High Contracting Parties agree to take the necessary steps to
secure punishment of attempts to commit, and, within legal limits, of
acts preparatory to the commission of the offences specified in Article 1
and 2 of the Convention of May 4, 1910.ARTICLE 4
The High Contracting Parties agree that, in cases where there are
no extradition Conventions in force between them, they will take all
measures within their power to extradite or provide for the extradition
of persons accused or convicted of the offences specified in Article 1
and 2 of the Convention of May 4, 1910.
ARTICLE 5
In paragraph B of the Final Protocol of the Convention of 1910,
the words “twenty completed years of age” shall be replaced by the words
“twenty-one completed years of age”.
ARTICLE 6
The High Contracting Parties agree, in case they have not already
taken legislative or administrative measures regarding licensing and
supervision of employment agencies and offices, to prescribe such
regulations as are required to ensure the protection o£ women and
children seeking employment in another country.
ARTICLE 7
The High Contracting Parties undertake in connection with
immigration and emigration to adopt such administrative and legislative
measures as are required to check the traffic in women and children. In
particular, they undertake to make such regulations as are required for
the protection of women and children traveling on emigrant ships, not
only at the points of departure and arrival, but also during the journey
and to arrange for the exhibition, in railways stations and in ports,
of notices warning women and children of the danger of the traffic and
indicating the places where they can obtain accommodation and
assistance.
ARTICLE 8
The present Convention, of which the French and the English texts
are both authentic, shall bear this day’s date, and shall be open for
signature until March 31st, 1922.
ARTICLE 9
The present Convention is subject to ratification. As from 1
January 1948 instruments of ratification shall be transmitted to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, who will notify the receipt of
them to Members of the United Nations, and to non-member States to which
the Secretary-General has communicated a copy of the Convention. The
instruments of ratification shall be deposited in the archives of the
Secretariat of the United Nations.In order to comply with the provisions of Article 18 of the Covenant of the
League of Nations, the Secretary-General will register the present Convention upon the deposit of the first ratification.
ARTICLE 10
Members of the United Nations may accede to the present Convention.
The same applies to non-member States to which the Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations may decide officially to communicate the present
Convention.Accession will be notified to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, who will notify all Members of the United Nations and the
non-member States to which the Secretary-General has communicated a copy
of the Convention.
ARTICLE 11
The present Convention shall come into force in respect of each
Party on the date of the deposit of its ratification or act of
accession.
ARTICLE 12
The present Convention may be denounced by any State which is a Party
thereto, on giving twelve months’ notice of its intention to denounce.Denunciation shall be effected by notification in writing addressed
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Copies of such
notification shall be transmitted forthwith by him to all Members of the
United Nations and to non-member States to which the Secretary-General
has communicated a copy of the Convention. The denunciation shall take
effect one year after the date on which it was notified to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, and shall operate only in
respect of the notifying Power.
ARTICLE 13
A special record shall be kept by the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, showing which of the parties have signed, ratified,
acceded to or denounced the present Convention. This record shall be
open at all times to any Member of the United Nations or any non-member
State to which the Secretary-General has communicated a copy of the
Convention; it shall be published as often as possible, in accordance
with the directions of the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations.
Parties to the Convention as of December 31, 1965: Afghanistan Libya Albania Luxembourg Algeria Madagascar Australia Mexico Austria Netherlands Belgium Nicaragua Brazil Norway Burma Pakistan Canada Philippines China Poland Czechoslovakia Rumania Denmark Sierra Leone Finland Sweden Greece Syrian Arab Republic Hungary Turkey India Union of South Africa Ireland Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Italy United Arab Republic Jamaica Yugoslavia Lebanon