Lesotho

Region
Africa
Regional Court
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Regional Organisations
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Commonwealth
African Union
Legal System
Mixed
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
Not Party
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
Not Party
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
05 November 1974
1966 ICCPR
09 September 1992
1930 Forced Labour Convention
31 October 1966
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
14 June 2001
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
14 June 2001
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
24 September 2003
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
06 September 2000

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
Provisions related to slavery are found in the Constitution at article 9(1) which declares that no person shall be held in slavery.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Lesotho which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery, although article 5 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act criminalises adopting or facilitating adoption for the purpose of exploitation and offering to control marriage for the purpose of acquiring, buying, offering, selling or trading a person into exploitation. Debt bondage is also criminalised under article 9.
Provisions related to servitude are found in the Constitution at article 9(1) which declares that no person shall be held in servitude.
Provisions related to forced labour are found in the Constitution which prohibits forced labour at article 9(2) and the Labour Code which criminalises forced labour at article 7.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the 2011 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act which criminalises trafficking ‘by any means’ under article 5. Section 77 of the 2011 Children’s Protection and Welfare Act also criminalises child sex trafficking.

Legislative Provisions

THE CONSTITUTION OF LESOTHO 1993 (AMENDMENTS THROUGH 1998)

PENAL CODE ACT (2010)

LABOUR CODE ORDER, 1992

ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT, 2011

CHILDREN’S PROTECTION AND WELFARE ACT 2011

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