Zambia

Region
Africa
Regional Court
Not party to a court
Regional Organisations
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
26 March 1973
1966 ICCPR
10 April 1984
1930 Forced Labour Convention
02 December 1964
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
22 February 1965
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
10 December 2001
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
24 April 2005
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
13 November 2002

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 the Constitution at article 14(1) which declares that no person shall be held in slavery and in its Penal Code Act which criminalises slavery at article 261. Habitual dealing in slaves is also criminalised under article 262 and slavery may form an element of an offence of trafficking under article 3 of the 2008 Anti-Human Trafficking Act.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Zambia which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery, although Article 4 of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act criminalises causing another person to enter a situation of debt bondage, and practices similar to slavery may form elements of an offence of trafficking under article 3. 
Provisions related to servitude are found the Constitution at article 14(1) which declares that no person shall be held in servitude. Servitude may also form an element of an offence of trafficking under article 3 of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act.
Provisions related to forced labour are found the Constitution at article 14(2) which declares that no person shall be required to perform forced labour and in the Penal Code Act which criminalises unlawful compulsory labour at article 263.
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in Anti-Human Trafficking Act which criminalises trafficking under article 3, although the provision requires the specified means to be used in cases of trafficking in children. The Constitution also declares that no young person shall be subject to traffic in any form at article 24(3).

Legislative Provisions

AWAD REPORT

CONSTITUTION 1991 (REV. 2009)

PENAL CODE ACT 1930

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT 2008

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