Trinidad and Tobago

Region
Latin America and Caribbean
Regional Court
Not party to a court
Regional Organisations
Commonwealth
Caribbean Community
Organisation of American States
Legal System
Common
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
11 April 1966
1966 ICCPR
21 December 1978
1930 Forced Labour Convention
24 May 1963
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
24 May 1963
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
23 April 2003
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
06 November 2007
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
06 April 1999

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
There appears to be no legislation in place in Trinidad and Tobago which prohibits slavery, although the Constitution affirms the right to individual liberty. Slavery may also form an element of an offence of trafficking under articles 16 and 18 of the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Act, and enslavement and sexual slavery may form elements of crimes against humanity under article 10 of the International Criminal Court Act.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Trinidad and Tobago which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery, although practices similar to slavery may form elements of an offence of trafficking under articles 16 and 18 of the Trafficking in Persons Act. 
There appears to be no legislation in place in Trinidad and Tobago which prohibits servitude, although servitude may form an element of an offence of trafficking under articles 16 and 18 of the Trafficking in Persons Act. 
There appears to be no legislation in place in Trinidad and Tobago which prohibits forced labouralthough forced labour or services may form an element of an offence of trafficking under articles 16 and 18 of the Trafficking in Persons Act.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the Trafficking in Persons Act which criminalises trafficking in persons under article 16 and trafficking in children under article 18.

Legislative Provisions

CONSTITUTION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1976 (REV. 2007)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT 2006

OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT 2011

KIDNAPPING ACT 2003

CHILDREN (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000 PARENTAL RIGHTS

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

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