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C029 - Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
The original text of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) made reference to a transitional period during which recourse to forced or
compulsory labour might be had subject to specific conditions, as set out in Article 1, paragraphs 2 and 3, and Articles 3 to 24. Over the years,
the Governing Body, the International Labour Conference but also the ILO supervisory bodies, such as the Committee of Experts on the
Application of Conventions and Recommendations, acknowledged that these provisions, commonly known as “transitional provisions” were no
longer applicable. In 2014, the International Labour Conference adopted a Protocol to Convention No.29, which expressly provided for the
deletion of the transitional provisions. The text below reflects this deletion. The original text of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
may be accessed here.
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Preamble
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its Fourteenth Session on 10
June 1930, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to forced or compulsory labour, which is included in the first item on the
agenda of the Session, and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention,
adopts this twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty the following Convention, which may be cited as the
Forced Labour Convention, 1930, for ratification by the Members of the International Labour Organisation in accordance with the provisions
of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation:
Article 1
1. Each Member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention undertakes to suppress the use of forced or compulsory
labour in all its forms within the shortest possible period.
2. [deleted pursuant to Article 7 of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930]
3. [deleted pursuant to Article 7 of the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930]
Article 2
1. For the purposes of this Convention the term forced or compulsory labour shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person
under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.
2. Nevertheless, for the purposes of this Convention, the term forced or compulsory labour shall not include-(a) any work or service exacted in virtue of compulsory military service laws for work of a purely military character;
(b) any work or service which forms part of the normal civic obligations of the citizens of a fully self-governing country;
(c) any work or service exacted from any person as a consequence of a conviction in a court of law, provided that the said work or service is
carried out under the supervision and control of a public authority and that the said person is not hired to or placed at the disposal of private
individuals, companies or associations;